schmo
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Yiddish, alteration of schmuck.[1]
Noun[edit]
schmo (plural schmos or schmoes)
- A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person.
- 2008, Ben Yagoda, chapter IV, in When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, Crown, →ISBN:
- The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.
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Translations[edit]
schmuck — see schmuck
Etymology 2[edit]
See Joe Schmoe § Etymology; schmo in this sense may well be homonymic to schmo in the sense above.
Noun[edit]
schmo (plural schmos or schmoes)
- Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.
- I'm just an average schmo
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “schmoe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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