schlimazel

/ʃlɪˈmɑzəl/
noun
  1. A chronically unlucky person; someone who is always jinxed or to whom bad things keep happening.
    • My aunt calls herself a schlimazel because she lost her keys three times in one week.
    • In the old joke, the schlimazel is the one who trips and spills the soup, while the schlemiel is the one who knocks it over.
    • Every time we play board games, Mark is such a schlimazel — he always lands on the worst spaces.
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