Fool
Klutz
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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His wife Patricia also tries to assure Stan that he is not a "klutz" (meaning he's not stupid instead of not clumsy) when the actual Yiddish word for a fool is "yutz" and a Jewish person is unlikely to confuse the terms.
Source: Literature / It -
The Fool: The entire Klutz family can be considered this due to their clumsiness, especially after they joined the circus.
Source: Literature / Klutz - If you're The Klutz, The Fool, or maybe even the Butt Monkey, expect things to go haywire when you try to jump rope; you either get tangled up while jumping, the rope gets tied up around your feet, or the jump rope flies out of your hands and breaks a window or a vase.
Source: Jump Rope Antics
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