stumblebums
Inept, graceless people
Stumblebums is the plural of stumblebum—a clumsy, incompetent person.
The word evokes someone who stumbles through life, unable to get things right: Those stumblebums in accounting lost the invoice again.
Originally boxing slang for a mediocre fighter who gets knocked around, it now applies to any hapless bungler.
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
maladroit · blundering · oafish · lumbering · graceless · uncoordinated · ham-fisted · butterfingered
Professional fist fighter
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- palookaInept fighter, slang
- bumIdle vagrant
- has-beenFormer notable, now irrelevant
washed-up · punch-drunk · tomato can · journeyman · sparring · ring · heavyweight · slugger
Exaggerated physical humor
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- physicalOf body or matter
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
Three Stooges · Laurel and Hardy · clowning · buffoonery · antics · gags · farce · mugging
clumsy
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
awkward · maladroit · blundering · oafish · lumbering · graceless · uncoordinated · ham-fisted · butterfingered · klutz
pugilist
Professional fist fighter
has-been · washed-up · punch-drunk · tomato can · journeyman · sparring · ring · heavyweight · slugger · bruiser
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- physicalOf body or matter
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
burlesque · Three Stooges · Laurel and Hardy · clowning · buffoonery · antics · gags · farce · mugging · tumbling
stumblebumsacrobats
Performers of athletic feats
gymnasts · athletes · dancers · ballerinas · Fred Astaire
stumblebumsvirtuosos
Supremely skilled performers
experts · masters · professionals · pros · maestros
stumblebumsdignitaries
Persons of high rank
elites · pillars of society · luminaries · sophisticates · VIPs