Schmuck, Schlimazel, or Schlemiel, I Can't Decide Which One to Be

Great care should be exercised by non-Yiddish speakers when using Yiddish insults correctly, so I've done my homework.

Schmuck is probably the safest to use. It just means a fool.

A schlimazel is somebody with chronic bad luck. He makes his own probably.

A schlemiel is a klutz, a bumbling fool, a banana-skin finder.

A meeting of the three would probably involve a hare-brained idea from the schmuck, enacted with all possible accidents by the schlemiel, which accidents would all befall the schlimazel.

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