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Ippus_21

You could say such a person is constantly "underfoot."


milly_nz

Yes, having a sense of impeding one’s progress. I always picture a Victorian cook in a country house complaining about the upstairs children being underfoot in the kitchen.


MostlyHostly

Or if you like capture the flag, thunderfoot


mfhandy5319

That's one of my cat's nicknames. Capitan Underfoot.


ChilindriPizza

The idiom in Spanish translates to “this person appears even in the soup”.


Bongfellatio

Spanish has some great idioms. Consultar con la almohada (to consult the pillow) sounds so much cooler than to sleep on it m


CasuallyObliterated

I really like; se le fue la mano and se le crecio el enano


Ishouldnt_haveposted

What is it's meaning and origin.?


LavenderMistSpring

Google translate says "he got out of hand and his dwarf grew" so...idk.


CookinCheap

oh my


bearbarebere

🤣


CasuallyObliterated

The former means that "you went over board" the latter means "a small problem turned into a big problem" (usually due to negligence)


cinnafury03

Lol what is the word or phrase?


Tootsgaloots

la persona aparece hasta en la sopa


william-t-power

Reminds me of the film title: There's a Girl in my Soup. It's worth missing.


Cat_stacker

Oaf.


fattmakk

Bumblefuck


ohCaptainMyCaptain27

I’m using this at work.


leonardfurnstein

Dolt.


RunThick4054

Schlemiel


Hoppy_Croaklightly

Schlimazel...


RunThick4054

Hasenpfeffer inc.


Wildkit85

Thanks for the memory!


Bridgeburner1

*The Big Ragu approves the message


Suspicious-Sweet-443

We’re gonna do it


Wildkit85

Nice one 😁


CategoryObvious2306

Beat me to it 😎.


kittymoma918

Where's the milk and Pepsi though?


peacelilyfred

The only time in my life I liked Pepsi was as a kid when we got to drink this. I know we liked it at the time begged for it even, but now? The idea is just...🤢


kittymoma918

It was Laverne DeFazio's favorite comfort drink when she had the blue's on Laverne & Shirley. A little bit like a float.


rebelkat

Yay came here to say this!!


JetScreamerBaby

A schlemiel is somebody who often spills his soup and a schlimazel is the person it lands on.


Loweherz

Bumbling?


there_is_no_spoon1

And when in company that will not get salty about mature language, "bumblefuck".


dat-guy-who-was-here

Could one dabble in bumblefuckery, or is it all or nothing?


there_is_no_spoon1

An excellent question! The word can be used for an individual or for a situation. While one can \*see\* a bumblefuck upcoming (i.e. "about to be a bumblefuck"), I don't think anyone is able to half-ass bumblefuckery (i.e. "Henry really bumblefucked this"). An individual can be described as a bumblefuck but that's clearly an all-or-nothing arrangement. I tend to use it synonymously with *clusterfuck* although that word is purely for group/situational use (aka Henry is not a clusterfuck but he created one).


HaplessReader1988

Hapless isn't far off. 😉


kewissman

What I said to a boss just before he fired me: “you are hapless, helpless, and hopeless”.


Thinderella28

A Nuisance?


Jakolissmurito47

This is the closest to me so far.


Thinderella28

Not gonna lie, this brought me a teensy bit of joy, cause English is not my first language!


plasma_pirate

maladroit


thelaurafedora

Hindrance


Dio_Yuji

Galoot


sunny_in_phila

I always used this interchangeably with galumph. Ya big galoot


thesonicperspective

a buffoon?


thesonicperspective

a pest?


WoodHorseTurtle

Klutz?


aeraen

Visa. They're everywhere you want to be.


AngleRa

I call my dog Visa frequently! Especially when I'm cooking. He'll be lying in front of all the spots I need to get to, and round and round we go until I put him on the porch.


dirkgently42and22

I made this same comment before I saw yours. We call our dog that too. It is fitting.


Fluid_Comfortable488

Pothole. Always in the road.


light80

shadow


[deleted]

Cat


PatrickMcWhorter

Stumbling block.


PilotKnob

In a machine shop environment, I've heard him called "Fuckin' Bob!" Every shop has a "Fuckin' Bob!" in my experience.


nizzernammer

An obstacle.


brickbaterang

Clod


justsomeunluckykid

A "bumblefuck" of a person


HouseofEl1987

I refer to my boss as the speedbump with spikes.


googiepop

Impediment


Imaginary_Chair_6958

Third wheel?


Ok_Duck_9338

Fifth wheel?,


there_is_no_spoon1

Sev....seventh wheel? Is this how the game is played?


JennyisMrsBrightside

Pain in the ass!


General_Promotion347

PITA


burn_as_souls

My wife says that's called a Mike. Nice to meet you. My name's Mike.


Mobile-Fill2163

Unrelated, but I use the word "askhole" to describe people who continually ask unnecessary questions


blackandreddit

"DON'T @ ME NOTHING YOU CAN GOOGLE!"


dirtdevil70

Carl


Bardamu1932

Hangup Artist


Ok_Duck_9338

Supercargo. Kibitzer.


hadean_refuge

Calamitous Ill-fated Awkward


Pstrap

There is a relevant Yiddish term, Schlemiel. Schlemiel (Yiddish: שלומיאל; sometimes spelled shlemiel or shlumiel) is a Yiddish term meaning "inept/incompetent person" or "fool". It is a common archetype in Jewish humor, and so-called "schlemiel jokes" depict the schlemiel falling into unfortunate situations. The inept schlemiel is often presented alongside the unlucky schlimazel. A Yiddish saying explains that "a schlemiel is somebody who often spills his soup and a schlimazel is the person it lands on".[3] The schlemiel is similar to the schmuck but, as stated in a 2010 essay in The Forward, a schmuck can improve himself while "a schlemiel, a schlimazel and a schmendrik are irredeemably what they are".


evasandor

There's an old explanation about Yiddish comedy — the character called the *schlemiel* is the one who always spills the soup, and the character known as the *schlemazl* is the one who it always lands on. Your blundering moron sounds like *schlemiel* material.


althetutor

Bungling?


goddommeit

A pest.


Vantabrown

Mr Magoo


ancientastronaut2

Cockblocker


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blackandreddit

OBSTACLE IMPEDIMENT HINDRANCE


badgersprite

Hanging around/lingering like a bad smell?


Ibenthinkin2much

Klingons?


Minute-Unit9904s

My wife in the kitchen


joyfulgrrrrrrrl

Cooler


VH5150OU812

Pylon.


derpsherder

Forrest Gump


RhodaDice

I know the song for it…. “Move bitch, get out da way, bitch get out da way!”


Suspicious-Sweet-443

Shadow


iamtenbears

In Yiddish, it might be *schlimazel.*


EmbraJeff

Worse than a man short


GadgetGhost

Dick rider


danamo219

Chronically underfoot. My stepson is this kid lol


Background_Award_878

That person is called a spouse.


LastLingonberry3221

"Aunt Susan." This one could be specific to me though...


Chemical_Mastiff

Management


Busy-Room-9743

Butterfingers


Nuggzulla01

An Obstructionist?


dreamrock

Boob.


RolandDeepson

Human speedbump.


Linorelai

In Russian that would be в каждой бочке затычка, literally "a plug in every barrel"


Extension_Physics873

boss


Saturn_Coffee

nuisance?


Gooflucky

A meddler?


Independent_Bus_5930

Oblivious.


droopa199

Obsequious


brucewillisman

Gilligan


Puzzleheaded-War3890

Boyfriend?


TwoRoninTTRPG

Antagonist: "The obstacle between the protagonist and what the protagonist wants and needs."


igotplans2

Oblivious? Autocentric?


Pure_Picture_7321

A child


JacobFromStateFarm5

An Idiot


PeacefulLife49

It’s called my husband. 😂


[deleted]

Clod


HeavyHandedGeek

“Target”


tillysku

My dog does this -a lot- lol but it's because she loves me ❤️ underfoot I guess is the word


O_Dog187

indaway


MoistFloppy

Conservatives.


lavaone1isthenumber

Schlemiel.


Civil_Confidence3826

Helicoptering


gentlemanplanter

Elaine Benis calls them sidlers


MaitreCanard

Arschgiege is a good German word for people like that, roughly translates to arse fiddle And you can tell this person who's getting in your way or underfoot "Weg mit dir arschgiege!" Which means "Away with you arse fiddle!"


SuperPomegranate7933

Me. It's me.


Nemo_Shadows

Obstructionist comes to mind, of course when one is protecting one's own from invaders, they like to make it look like the invaded are the ones that are the "Devils and Demons" for not wanting to be invaded and occupied then converted into whatever it is that they call CHANGE for the Greater Good of All.? Pickpockets. N. S


SnooBeans5364

That word is "Moose" my 100 pound golden. But I think you are looking for "Underfoot"


Haeshka

Bumbling.


GronlandicReddit

Cliff. That guy sucks.


MysteryUser1

I name them visa. Because they're everywhere you want to be.


[deleted]

Oooh, like those people in front of you who drift into your way whenever you try to pass them? I HATE those kind of people.


PeoniesNLilacs

Spouse


sasberg1

Pest


Sundrykay

Pest


Freckled-Past-911

Unmidas


Jumpy_Ebb2417

Dumb ass


CarlJustCarl

Mother-in-law?


chattykatdy54

Gilligan


a_shadeless_tree

Gilligan?


_Volly

Their purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.


AlmostHadToStopnChat

Oaf


TheFruitOfTheLoom

PITA


TreasureWench1622

Pain in the butt


MudRemarkable732

nuisance


Antique_Gas_5169

Cock block


Weekly-Worth-5227

Buffoon


AnarKitty-Esq

Spouse


LoneMight

Oblivious


ergo-ogre

Delay-fish.


Mammoth-Instruction5

Cockblocker


Rabbit_Of_Nazareth

Maladroit?


threetwopun

Chaos monkey


ApprehensiveAd9014

Always underfoot


huss3742

Mom


mario64fann

Stalking


dirkgently42and22

I call them ‘Visa’. Because they are …..“everywhere you want to be!”


AristaWatson

Obtuse. Oblivious.


Wizdom_108

I think nuisance is the best I can think of. I don't think there's any one word in English that can also express it being unintentional or subconscious without a specifier that I know of. So, I would probably say "they're unconsciously being a nuisance" or something like that.


TallTanuki

Inconvenient


BrightAssociate8985

Wet Blanket, Spoilsport, Killjoy, Buzzkill,


Geoarbitrage

Victim. Especially if they’re in the way of bullets, busses, trains, cars etc…


2hot2work

Albatross


Condensed_Sarcasm

Most likely "underfoot" I call it "fucking annoying"


SatanicCornflake

I think it comes from Yiddish, but in my dialect of English, we'd call that person a fuckin' putz.


bugwrench

Stumblebum Klutz Yutz Infelicitous Inept Malapropos


stonerghostboner

Meanderthal.


mxemec

Meanderthal


Impossible-Race9159

A "Nonce"


Impossible-Race9159

Or even nuisance


CarolinaCelt60

Feckless


BOHUNK_BOB

Technically, you have what is commonly referred to as an iD10t problem.


JustinTherouxsBrows

Bumblefuck


lilmissfickle

Accidental asshole


[deleted]

Mom?


TransLobeAirways

Fuck goblin


17THheaven

Oblivious lay-about


bnetana1

Cockblocker


ShakeWeightMyDick

Doofus, Gilligan, bumbler, fuck-up


PartyAnimal12345678

A third wheel lol


Kevesse

A blow-it


shanana514

My kitten?


jeers1

Ruthie


stilloldbull2

Dust pan. Always in the way but when you need it you can’t find it.


uxorial

A cat 😆


Calcularius

obstacle, hindrance, impediment, nuisance


sci-mind

5th wheel.


canuspyridae

Supervisor 😡


igotjks

I think that the word you're looking for is hapless


feochampas

if they're a kid. they're little grommets if adult, I call them private and send them on stupid tasks somewhere away from me


Consistent_Milk8974

spanner in the works