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Define Shlemiel Meaning

Shlemiel
A sad sack, a loser, a poor slob; from the Yiddish and German. "A shlemiel drops it; a shlemazel picks it up."


He made a living playing a shlemiel on TV.
By Brande
Shlemiel
From Yiddish Orgin, which is a semetic language, meaning fool.

Your buring the popcorn you shlemiel!
By Rozanna
Shlemiel
From Yiddish origin. A clumsy, inept, or foolish person.

As quoted from the film Independence Day:

"If I knew I was going to meet the President I would have wore a tie. I mean look at me, I look like a shlemiel."
By Sophie