Trombenik (also Trombenick) (noun)
trom-ben-ik
(US Slang) A person who lives off the generosity of others, a sponger; (more generally) a person who is idle, dissolute, disreputable, or worthless.
1920s; earliest use found in The Boston Globe. From Yiddish trombenik braggart, (in extended use) sponger, parasite, literally ‘trumpeter’ from trombe trumpet, horn + -nik.
Example sentences
“He’s such a useless trombenik.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
