Schmendrick (שמענדריק) is Yiddish for a foolish or contemptible person (OED).
In addition, according to Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten, another definition is “an apprentice schlemiel.”
For more on schlemiels, see: schlemazel.
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multicompetent (adj).
Competent at many things. An uncommon trait in graduate school, usually relegated to the best of the administrators. The opposite of fobdoodle.
