Definder - what does the word mean?

What is 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."

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shlemiel - video


Shlemiel - what is it?

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

Your buring the popcorn you shlemiel!

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What does "shlemiel" mean?

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.

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