shlemiel
- n (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
- The label reads "Made in Czarist Russia," but the contents show Allen's familiar shlemiel ticket: the loser, surrounded by a world of hostile, if inanimate, objects.
- Yet another shlemiel, but this one is canonized by Malamud's compassionate talent.
- He's a middle-aged shlemiel of an accountanta surly, sulky Bob Newhartwith a restless young wife and a fatal case of paranoia.