Definitions
Etymologies
- From the Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, "wooden beam"), cognate with German Klotz ("block, lump"). (Wiktionary)
- Yiddish klots, from Middle High German kloz, block, lump, from Old High German. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They had seen Moses come down the hill and trip with the tablets, which is when the word klutz was invented.”
“Making her an absolute klutz is neither humanizing nor redeeming.”
““Well, I wouldn’t use the word klutz,” Mrs. Everly said.”
“The young guy on the weak team looks like a real klutz, which is odd for a professional gamer who should have high hand-eye coordination.”
“I'm known as the klutz in the family, the person without hands-on practical skills -- this is probably a function of being the baby of my generation, combined with my genuine lack of physical coordination -- so I feel good whenever I can do something useful.”
“Self-described "klutz" and "class clown" Melissa Birdsong wanted to be made into a beauty queen.”
“Google is giving you all this free opportunity, Rupert, so if you can't make money out of it you must be some kind of klutz, right?”
“It would be like taking a klutz like me and deciding that since basketball stars make so much money, every childâincluding me when I was oneâ regardless of interest and natural ability should receive substantial coaching in basketball to even out the field.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
“Ted says: clarice: It would be like taking a klutz like me and deciding that since basketball stars make so much money, every childâincluding me when I was oneâ regardless of interest and natural ability should receive substantial coaching in basketball to even out theÂfield.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
“I'm a klutz, I'm wearing heels, there are slippery eggs.”
Anatomy of a Fall: Modern Family's Julie Bowen Went Down Hard — By Accident
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘klutz’.
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Yiddishkeit
There are a few short lists of Yiddish words, but none appropriate to the glory of the language, and none that are open. Thought I'd start one, and would love contributions. I'm tagging as I go, an...
schmuck, nosh, chutzpah, shtick, kvetch, oy vey, oy gevalt, shvitz, shtik, shiksa, putz, mensch and 94 more...
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happenstance
happenstance
newton, oops, klutz, chance meeting, fluke, fortuity, happenchance, eureka, happenstance, ka, kismet, serendipitous and 11 more...
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How very mikeropological..
Basically it's just mikeropology's words, but with his username turned into an adjectivally splendid list name.
mikeropology, squoze, anthropromorphism, mullu, spondylus, goobers, hipster, burnt umber, ochre, canvas, lapizure, burnt sienna and 172 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Interesting Scrabble words
Interesting words worth @ least 15 points.
smoochy, zareba, hyphal, djellaba, cloque, pyxidium, qindarka, squiffy, howbeit, chthonic, quinta, azimuthal and 262 more...
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kingrat47's Words
procrustean, devolution, cacophony, hippopotamus, crunch, beware, chortled, sibilant, subtle, undermine, acromegaly, acropolis and 645 more...
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slang
himbo, grade digger, gaffle, gobshite, codswallup, schmooze, crummy, noggin, dweeb, klutz, wig out, swag
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Ressalie's list
These are a few words that I have found to either sound strange or to be fairly useless.
bamboozle, brouhaha, codswallop, crapulence, donnybrook, flummox, fuddy-duddy, furbelow, hobbledehoy, hoosegow, inglenook, jackanapes and 45 more...
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Yiddish
I tend to use a lot of Yiddish words on a daily basis. I honestly don't know why.
bupkis, chutzpah, verklempt, kibbitz, klutz, kvetch, megillah, mensch, meshugana, putz, schlub, schmaltz and 11 more...
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Oy
Yiddish and Yinglish.
schtupp, faigula, schmuck, goy, putz, chutzpah, maven, klutz, nosh, schmutz, shvitz, shtum and 5 more...
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teach me this word
conflate, eloquence, eloquent, ephemeral, erstwhile, fetching, lissome, offing, redolent, berceuse, reverie, veracity and 23 more...
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Schmuck
schmuck, nebbish, schlemiel, schmo, klutz, schnook, kvetch, meshuggener, noodge, nudnik, pisher, putz and 5 more...
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sweary befuddlement
buggerated fuckst..., jings, crivens, help ma boab, stramash, bampot, wheesht, bollocks, knob, pants, wanker, sheer wankitude and 28 more...
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Fun Phrases & Idioms3
splitting hairs, down the hatch, have a cow, hit rock bottom, high on the hog, hold your horses, shit hits the fan, going nowhere fast, fat chance, twist of fate, odds-on favorite, horse feathers and 72 more...
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