The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup
(noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bungler (plural bunglers)
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
• blunderer, fuckup, schlemiel; see also unskilled person
• blunger
Source: Wiktionary
Bun"gler, n.
Definition: A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.