shtunk

shtunk

1. slang Someone with very bad body odor; a smelly or unhygienic person. From Yiddish. I had to sit next to a real shtunk the whole train ride home. Sorry I'm such a shtunk—I've been out working in the garden all day and haven't showered yet!
2. slang A rotten, worthless, or utterly incompetent person; someone who is extremely petty, negative, and dishonest. From Yiddish. I just don't understand why anyone would vote for a shtunk like her. She has all but admitted to tax evasion, for Pete's sake! Jeff is managing the project? That shtunk couldn't manage his own sock drawer. I wish that shtunk would bring a bit more to the office than his constant carping and negativity.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • schlemazel
  • schlemozzle
  • shlimazl
  • schlimazel
  • mensch
  • shlimazel
  • nudnik
  • schlepper
  • shlepper
  • schtoonk
References in periodicals archive
The concluding meeting with the press, signalling the end of the conference, had to be delayed as many journalists opted to watch the final episode of the drama series, Shtunk, a dubbed soap-opera about a young, beautiful couple whose hard-won marriage against tribal feuds and strict relatives is threatened when the husband falls in love with a lizard.