Saturday, May 31, 2008

Vort for today: shlamiel

Shlamiel: Hapless bungler
(courtesy of http://www.infoplease.com/spot/yiddish1.html; 5/31/08)

  • Ducky might say "Now, I love that big sweet dog of yours, but what a shlameil!"
  • Knut might say "Timothy isn't a shlameil. He just likes to ruin our things and trip people."

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