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 Mata99 May 30, 2009

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 cornholio October 4, 2003

shlemiel

From Yiddish Orgin, which is a semetic language, meaning fool.

Your buring the popcorn you shlemiel!

by Ben Leventer February 2, 2006

schlemiel

a habitual bungler, a klutz

A schlimazel's toast always falls butter-side down. A schlemiel always drops the knife.

by mandingoe September 24, 2004

schlemiel

A person so inept even inanimate objects pick on them.

Don't let that schlemiel touch anything. If it doesn't break he will hurt himself or both.

by Frank Lisa August 8, 2006

shlumiel

a jewish nickname for a disorganized person who does not have it together.

Mendel is such a shlumiel, he keeps forgetting where he put his weed

by eden February 8, 2005

schlemiel

Someone who tends to go around spilling soup on people.

See schlamazel.

From the Yiddish.

Bob is a real schlemiel, he can't do anything right.

by Athene Airheart March 17, 2004