The sudden addition of meaning

By Mark on September 25, 2004 11:35 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Yesterday's word of the day:

[schlimazel or shlimazel (shli-MAH-zuhl) noun

Someone prone to having extremely bad luck. From Yiddish, from shlim (bad, wrong) + mazl (luck). A related term is Hebrew mazel tov (congratulations or best wishes).]

A schlimazel can be concisely described as a born loser. No discussion of schlimazel could be complete without mentioning his counterpart: schlemiel, a habitual bungler.

All of a sudden the opening credits to Laverne and Shirley make a great deal more sense.

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