shmendrick

schmendrick

slang A foolish, bumbling, or incompetent person. From Yiddish. With the way they keep mismanaging the company, it's starting to feel like I'm working for a bunch of schmendricks. Jeff is managing the project? That schmendrick couldn't manage his own sock drawer.

shmendrick

slang A foolish, bumbling, or incompetent person. From Yiddish. With the way they keep mismanaging the company, it's starting to feel like I'm working for a bunch of shmendricks. Jeff is managing the project? That shmendrick couldn't manage his own sock drawer.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

schmendrick

and shmendrick (ˈʃmɛndrɪk)
n. a stupid and ineffectual nobody. (Yiddish.) Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo.

shmendrick

verb
See schmendrick
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • schmendrick
  • jack-off
  • schlemiel
  • schlemihl
  • shlemiel
  • fish
  • klutz
  • klotz
  • lughead
  • schtoonk
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