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Sad Sack

Definition: Sad Sack

Sad Sack

Noun

1. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Sad Sack

Synonyms: blunderer (n), botcher (n), bumbler (n), bungler (n), butcher (n), fuckup (n), fumbler (n), stumbler (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Sad Sack

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Sad Sack (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Sad Sack

DomainTitle

Books

  • Sad Sack (Classics of Modern American Humor Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sad Sack

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sad sack

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sad Sack

Language Translations for "sad sack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

кутсузин, некадърник (bungler, dud, duffer, flop, incapable, lightweight, mutt, no good, washout). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

balfácán (dildo, fumbler, jerk, klutz, muff, punk, sap, screw-up, twit), élhetetlen alak (muff, wash-out). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adsay acksay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

desgraciado (clumsy, loser, miserable, poor, schlemiel, skate, unfortunate, unhandily, unhappy, unlucky, unskillful, wretch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sad Sack

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-k-s-s"

-2 letters: casas, casks, sacks, scads.

-3 letters: asks, cads, casa, cask, daks, kaas, sack, sacs, scad, skas.

-4 letters: aas, ads, ask, ass, cad, dak, kas, sac, sad, ska.

-5 letters: aa, ad, as, ka.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-k-s-s"
 

+4 letters: packsaddles.

 

+5 letters: backwardness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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