Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal An extremely inept or clumsy person.
Wiktionary
- n. An incompetent or inept person.
- n. A perennial victim of misfortune.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Etymologies
- After a cartoon character created in 1942 by George Baker (1915-1975).
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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