shlumperdik

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Pronunciations

shlumperdik (SHLUHM-per-dik) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Sloppy, unkempt; badly dressed.

  • n. An unkempt person, a loser.

Example Sentences

  • "Please stop being such a shmulky shlumperdik." (source)

  • "How did Karl Rove get out of being indicted by Fitzgerald? By going back to the grand jury over and over, changing his story, remembering what he forgot, forgetting what he didn't remember, finding an e-mail he didn't have, having an e-mail he couldn't find — it was the Shlumperdik Defense, and it worked like a charm." (Yiddish with George and Laura by Barbara Davilman and Ellis Weiner)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שלומפּערדיק shlumperdik

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      shlumperdick, schlumperdik

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