shlimazel; schlimazel noun a person with chronic bad luck US A blend of German and Hebrew, literally translated as “bad luck”.
[A] wit has made the following neat distinction between these two types: “A schlemihl is a man who spills a bowl of hot soup on a schlimazel.” — Nathan Ausubel, ATreasuryofJewishFolklore, p. 343, 1948
Just bring me a cold drink, you old shlimazel. — Joseph Wambaugh, The BlueKnight, p. 12, 1973