Schlemiel
(noun)
A clumsy, stupid, or unlucky person; a poor unfortunate.
Origin:
Yiddish shlemil, from hebrew שְׁלֵמִיתַּלְּתַּרְּ֫תַּּּ֫֫ "miserable".
Examples:
- He"s such a schlemiel, he can"t even pour a cup of coffee without spilling it.
- The schlemiel in the movie is the butt of all the jokes.
- The schlemiel always seems to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Schlemiel is a Yiddish word for a clumsy, stupid, or unlucky person.
- He's always been a bit of a schlemiel, but we love him anyway.