shlemiel

It is said that a shlemiel is the guy who buys a suit with two pairs of pants and burns a hole in the coat.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

It is said that a shlemiel is the guy who buys a suit with two pairs of pants and burns a hole in the coat.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

The sheer number of names for a useless person, a shlemiel, a shlemazel, a shmendrik, a pisk malocheh, and much worse, all very colorful.

Marc Gopin: Beyond Jewish Blessings And Curses There Is Absolute Love Marc Gopin 2011

Paul Giamatti plays the protagonist of the title, a Jewish producer of shlock television; his shlemiel persona rivals that of Larry David.

Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada Regina Weinreich 2010

At Merkin Hall he will sing the Yiddish "Rudolph," translated by the Californian klezmer band Kugelplex, about a reindeer who is teased as a shlemiel by his friends for his red shnozz .

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011

The counterculture, with its relentless emphasis on being right-on and tuned in, was more than the average American shlemiel could sustain.

Dawn of the Dorks 2009

The counterculture, with its relentless emphasis on being right-on and tuned in, was more than the average American shlemiel could sustain.

Dawn of the Dorks 2009

That's about all the Yiddish this goyim can remember right now, better quit before I come across looking like too much a shlemiel.

middle of the night fears 2005

Sorry, the only Yiddish I know is “putz” and “shlemiel”.

Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb 2006

Now what about hapless Portnoy, the amusing shlemiel on the analyst's couch?

Philip Roth and the Jews: An Exchange Syrkin, Marie 1974