Schlimazel
/ʃləˈmɑːzəl/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chronically unlucky person. US, colloquial
"I must have pressed two buttons at once, he decided; jammed the works and got this schlimazl’s eye view of reality."
- 2 (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything wordnet
Example
More examples"I must have pressed two buttons at once, he decided; jammed the works and got this schlimazl’s eye view of reality."
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)