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schmuck

[ shmuhk ]

noun

Slang.
  1. an obnoxious or contemptible person.


schmuck

/ ʃ³¾ÊŒ°ì /

noun

  1. slang.
    a stupid or contemptible person; oaf
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Origin of schmuck1

First recorded in 1890–95, schmuck is from the Yiddish word shmok (vulgar) literally, “penis†(of uncertain origin)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of schmuck1

from Yiddish schmuck penis, from German Schmuck decoration, from Middle High German smucken to press into
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It’s the reminder some poor schmuck had Abilene Christian, and so we owe it to that man to properly document what happened and try our best to laugh in a way that’s comforting.

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“And I’ve always loved that the ultimate arbiter of any performance has been the audience and not some schmuck producer or executive producer.â€

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"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.

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And on the sublime Mariners Apartment Complex, she even addresses the people - critics, boyfriends, record-industry bigwigs - who "mistook my kindness for weakness", the not-exactly-hidden subtext being: "That won't happen again, schmucks."

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But it was Warner Bros. studio honcho Jack L. Warner who perhaps best summed up the lowly status of writers, calling them: “schmucks with Underwoods.â€

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