In German, “Schneid” is a slang word that loosely translates to “having courage or grit” in English. But “schneid” in English is far removed from that colloquialism — in the card game gin rummy, a schneid is a loss with no points scored, and the slang has extended into the world of sports to refer to a losing streak. People refer to being “on the schneid” or “off the schneid.” Etymologists can trace the word back to a German card game called “skat” and idioms surrounding Schneiders, “tailors” in German, but it’s enough to know that the references aren’t complimentary.