Skip to main content
Dictionary
Dictionary
Store
Blog
World
Help
Advertise
Chat
System Status
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Information Collection Notice
reCAPTCHA Privacy
Terms of Service
reCAPTCHA Terms
Privacy Policy
Accessibility
Report a Bug
Data Request
DMCA
© 1999–2026 Urban Dictionary ®
Words of the Day
Browse
Add a Definition
User Settings
Definitions by Mata99
Shlemiel
Share definition
Flag
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."
Shlemiel
by
Mata99
May 30, 2009