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n. Unlucky person; the constant butt of idiotic or unfortunate happenings.
n. "The schlemiel spilled the soup on the schlemazel."
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Yiddish שלימזל 'shlimazl,' from German schlimm 'bad' and Hebrew מזל 'luck'
schlemazel, schlemosel, schlemasel, shlemazel, shlimazel, shlimazl, shlemazl, schlimazl, schlemozel, shemozzle, shlemozzle, schemozzle, shlemozel
Popularized among a broad American audience through the opening theme song for the TV show Laverne and Shirley: "Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!" (source).
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