HAM-HANDED

PRONUNCIATION: (HAM-han-did)

MEANING: adjective: Clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace.

ETYMOLOGY: From ham + hand. It’s the same ham (one who overacts), apparently from the minstrel song, “The Hamfat Man”. Earliest documented use: 1918.
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WHAM-HANDED - a very hard-punching boxer

HAT-HANDED - begging

HAM-WANDED - a showy but incompetent magician