for example someone who sits on a chair and the chair breaks down all of a sudden or goes to bathroom and drops everyhing ... it starts with SH and used in Freud psychoanalyst too
2007-12-15 01:12:37 · 4 answers · asked by coo_coo10 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the most important thing is that it is WIDELY used in Psychology and psychotherapy and it is regarded as sort of behavioral distortion ... there must be many words in Yiddish fo clumsy and bad luck in Yiddish but I specifically need this one ..Thanks you
2007-12-15 01:25:09 · update #1
Shlemiel - Clumsy bungler, an inept person, butter-fingered; dopey person
or
Shlimazel - Luckless person. Unlucky person; one with perpetual bad luck (it is said that the shlemiel spills the soup on the shlimazel!)
Also can be spelled: schlemiel, schlimazel.
2007-12-15 01:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two Yiddisha words: "Schlmiel". "Schlmaze". They seem to go hand in hand with your question. And, I believe, are best represented by the following: A schlmiel is one who gets soup spilled on him while eating a meal. On the other hand: a schlmazel is, the person who spills the soup onto the schlmiel.
If I a knowledge person finds me to be misinformed: Please provide with a definition; or phrase, that is more accurate.
2015-03-03 05:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by Erwin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answering a question with a question.
2015-02-18 14:50:45 · answer #3 · answered by J.P. Nehme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Klutz or schlemiel
2007-12-15 01:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by The old man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋