john gilmore wrote:
Ed Jaffe writes:
It is Yiddish: spelled and pronounced "Schlemozzle".
My goyishe understanding is that of the schlemiel-schlemozzle pair the
schlemozzle is the passive victim, the one on whom the active
schlemiel spills the soup.
Exactly!. A "schlemiel" is the guy most likely to spill the wine at
dinner. A "schlemazel" (alternate spelling) is the guy most likely to
have the wine spilled on him.
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