sad sackn.

Brit.

/ˌsad ˈsak/, U.S.

/ˌsæd ˈsæk/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Sad Sack.

Etymology: < The Sad Sack, the name of a comic strip by George Baker (1915–75), American cartoonist, depicting an inept private in the U.S. army.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

An inept, foolish, or pathetic person (originally a member of the armed services); a social misfit. Also in extended use, of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure

botch1769

non-starter1839

schlemiel1868

also-ran1896

rinky-dink1900

flivver1915

wash-out1918

jabroni1919

bust1922

blowout1925

dropout1930

zilch1933

sad sack1943

loser1955

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance

dud1721

lightweight1831

tit1881

mess1891

schmuck1892

schmendrick1897

Little Willie1901

schlepper1901

wally1922

klutz1925

twerp1925

twit1934

jerk1935

schmo1937

shmegegge1937

schlep1939

sad sack1943

no-hoper1944

Joe Schmo1947

jerko1949

nerk1955

prat1955

schmucko1959

Herbert1960

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > stupid

sad sack1943

1942 Yank 17 June 7 (caption) The Sad Sack.]

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Dec. 14/6 A forlorn look, a G.I. haircut, an oversized fatigue uniform and all the paraphernalia that goes with them branded me as a typical ‘sad sack’.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 68/2 Model mother saddled with a sad sack and a dope.

1953 Word Study May 5/1 Everyone knows of the sensitive misfit, the ‘sad sack’ who suffers a good deal of spiritual depression, the result of an unfortunate maladjustment to service routine.

1967 New Yorker 15 Apr. 148/3 Mr. Goldman's movie sweeps up a dustpanful of young Village sad sacks and patronizes them.

1971 J. H. Gray Red Lights on Prairies iii. 58 A sad-sack of a shack town on Pile of Bones Creek.

1973 Observer 15 July (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 On the whole the pre-1914 spinster had been something of a sad sack.

1974 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. I. i. v. 222 These sad-sack spies, with the milk hardly dry on their lips.

1978 Listener 31 Aug. 286/4 The sad sack of a hero, who speaks in the first person, is called Lewis Redfern.

2000 Times 21 Nov. ii. 20/4 This mini-rake's progress from sad sack to aspiring gangster seems natural.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sad sack
释义	sad sackn. Brit. /ˌsad ˈsak/, U.S. /ˌsæd ˈsæk/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Sad Sack. Etymology: < The Sad Sack, the name of a comic strip by George Baker (1915–75), American cartoonist, depicting an inept private in the U.S. army. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). An inept, foolish, or pathetic person (originally a member of the armed services); a social misfit. Also in extended use, of a thing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure botch1769 non-starter1839 schlemiel1868 also-ran1896 rinky-dink1900 flivver1915 wash-out1918 jabroni1919 bust1922 blowout1925 dropout1930 zilch1933 sad sack1943 loser1955 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance dud1721 lightweight1831 tit1881 mess1891 schmuck1892 schmendrick1897 Little Willie1901 schlepper1901 wally1922 klutz1925 twerp1925 twit1934 jerk1935 schmo1937 shmegegge1937 schlep1939 sad sack1943 no-hoper1944 Joe Schmo1947 jerko1949 nerk1955 prat1955 schmucko1959 Herbert1960 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > stupid sad sack1943 1942 Yank 17 June 7 (caption) The Sad Sack.] 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Dec. 14/6 A forlorn look, a G.I. haircut, an oversized fatigue uniform and all the paraphernalia that goes with them branded me as a typical ‘sad sack’. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 68/2 Model mother saddled with a sad sack and a dope. 1953 Word Study May 5/1 Everyone knows of the sensitive misfit, the ‘sad sack’ who suffers a good deal of spiritual depression, the result of an unfortunate maladjustment to service routine. 1967 New Yorker 15 Apr. 148/3 Mr. Goldman's movie sweeps up a dustpanful of young Village sad sacks and patronizes them. 1971 J. H. Gray Red Lights on Prairies iii. 58 A sad-sack of a shack town on Pile of Bones Creek. 1973 Observer 15 July (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 On the whole the pre-1914 spinster had been something of a sad sack. 1974 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. I. i. v. 222 These sad-sack spies, with the milk hardly dry on their lips. 1978 Listener 31 Aug. 286/4 The sad sack of a hero, who speaks in the first person, is called Lewis Redfern. 2000 Times 21 Nov. ii. 20/4 This mini-rake's progress from sad sack to aspiring gangster seems natural. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas sad sack k. sad sack: see as main entry. extracted from sackn.¹ < n.1943 as lemmas
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sad sackn.

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