sad sack

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A perennial victim of misfortune
An incompetent or inept person
An extremely inept or clumsy person
(Informal) incompetent person (usually a soldier); person who makes mistakes due to incompetence

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sad sacks
plural form of sad sack
sad sack

    Turkish pronunciation

    säd säk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsad ˈsak/ /ˈsæd ˈsæk/

    Etymology

    () US 1920s.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Popularized by Sad Sack|Sad Sack]], a cartoon character and eponymous comic strip published originally June 1942 in Yank, the Army Weekly|Yank, the Army Weekly]], a US Army publication for soldiers, and later syndicated in the US 1940s and 1950s. Presumably from vulgar “sad sack of shit”; Cartoonist Sgt. George Baker said he took from a “longer phrase, of a derogatory nature”. The term originally referred to a well-meaning but inept soldier.
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