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noun (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
originUK late-19th century. Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl, “misfortune”), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). Cognate with US English schlimazel (“unlucky person”). Compare German Schlamassel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0