putzes
Incompetent time wasters
Putzes is the plural of putz, a Yiddish-derived word for a fool or incompetent person: Those putzes couldn't organize a two-car parade.
The singular putz is also vulgar slang for penis, though the insult sense dominates in American English.
To putz around is to waste time on trivial activities.
Obnoxious, contemptible person
- schlemielHabitual, pitiable bungler
- nebbishIneffectual, timid person
- klutzAwkward, graceless person
- nudnikPestering, tedious person
mensch · kvetch · schlep · shtick · chutzpah · kibitzer · yente · schmaltz
Foolish, senseless person
blockhead · bonehead · numbskull · simpleton · nincompoop · doofus · goofball · dope
Idle responsibility evader
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
- dawdlerPerson who delays unnecessarily
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- laggardOne falling behind
do-nothing · time-waster · goldbricker · shirker · malingerer · loafer · lollygagger · slouch
schmuck
Obnoxious, contemptible person
nudnik · mensch · kvetch · schlep · shtick · chutzpah · kibitzer · yente · schmaltz · schnook
idiot
Foolish, senseless person
dunce · blockhead · bonehead · numbskull · simpleton · nincompoop · doofus · goofball · dope · airhead
slacker
Idle responsibility evader
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
- dawdlerPerson who delays unnecessarily
- layaboutHabitually idle person
laggard · do-nothing · time-waster · goldbricker · shirker · malingerer · loafer · lollygagger · slouch · bum
incompetent
Lacking necessary skill
botcher · hack · amateur · butterfingers · screw-up · foul-up · mess-up · clod · oaf · lummox
putzesgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
experts · wizards · whizzes · masterminds · savants
putzesgo-getters
Ambitiously proactive people
dynamos · movers and shakers · self-starters · hustlers · achievers