Sunday, June 1, 2008

Vort for today: shlemazel

Shlemazel: A person with very bad luck.
(courtesy of http://www.factmonster.com/spot/yiddish1.html, 5/31/08)

  • Ducky might say "I always thought I was a shlemazel until I met Knut. Now I know I had just been saving my luck for the right moment."
  • Knut might say "Am I a shlemazel, or is it actually impossible to win a stinking dollar on a Maine scratcher?"

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