WORD FOR THE DAY - SCHLEMIEL

April 24, 2015

[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day, April 24, 2015 -SCHLEMIEL

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

SCHLEMIEL

hear it pronounced

Noun

an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.

Origin: 1890-95; < Yiddish shlemil < Hebrew shəlumīʾēl Shelumiel, a Biblical and Talmudic figure, one of the Judges. Specific historical references are unclear. In contemporary Hebrew, to do something in Shelumielesque fashion means so inept as to be destined hopelessly to fail.

Related forms
schlemihl

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[xsmommy]

Hoping Hillary is the ultimate schlemiel.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

John Kerry, Secretary, schlemiel
Getting owned in the nuclear deal
Using Barry’s great plan
“Just give in to Iran”
For the mullahs, the deal is a steal

[tioga]

LMAO...you just made my job so much harder.

[tioga]

Hillary is such a hippy schlemiel
Her RWC brought the press to heel
Behind the absurd
Conspiracy word
So that Bubba kept the presidential seal.

[Louis Foxwell]

Read the brilliant piece on Uncle Joe at the Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/eloquent-biden-brings-entire-audience-to-tears-in,29887/

I am happy to present to you the "Presenter's Award" for - whatever.

[dblshot]

The Hilliary campaign is starting to feel
Like the Scoby van with a loose wheel
Swaying left then right
Then out of sight
Delivering America’s political Schlemiel

[Louis Foxwell]

For expertise in a foreignish language I award:

[Louis Foxwell]

especially

[Cowman]

SCHLEMIEL: The sound made when a detail shop owner spits his coffee through an electric fan when he is given the job of cleaning Hillary’s van

[dforest]

Obama is a schlemiel.

[Louis Foxwell]

You are always welcome:

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Dueling taglines?

[Rodamala]

A schlemiel is the dolt that spills his soup.

A schlimazel is the poor sap that is always getting soup dumped on him.

Put them together... Hasenpfeffer Incorporated.

[left that other site]

Why thank you! :-)
Gracias!
Grazie!
Merci!
Spasiba!
Domo Arigato!
Abrigato!
Danke!
Toda rabah!
Tak!
Mahalo!

Always learn this one first, wherever you go. :-)

[left that other site]

LOL!

[Louis Foxwell]

For you, the schlemeil award:

[Louis Foxwell]

You have succeeded. A major award for a major poet.

The Feathered Pen award

[Louis Foxwell]

An award representative of the subject of your work:

[Louis Foxwell]

Yep., precisely.

Another piggly award:

[Louis Foxwell]

I am out of pocket for the next few hours. Will return with more dribbling.