trombenik

Etymology

From Yiddish or Polish.

trombenik means A lazy person or ne'er-do-well. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

Why this word is great

TROMBENIK — [Noun] A braggart who is also an idler; a loud, lazy ne’er-do-well whose energy is spent on self-aggrandizement rather than labor. From Yiddish טראָמבעניק (trombenik), likely from Polish tromba ("trumpet") + the agent suffix -nik, thus literally "trumpeter," figuratively one who blows his own horn. Unlike a "sluggard" (who is merely inert) or a "braggart" (who may be industrious in his vanity), the trombenik is a composite failure, all empty fanfare and no follow-through. He is the grand schemer holding court from a sun-warmed park bench, the sound of a slammed door and the man still in his dressing gown at noon, the resonant, empty brass of a horn played in a locked room—a hollow fanfare for a life of perpetual postponement.

noun

A lazy person or ne'er-do-well.
A boastful loudmouth.