schmegeggy
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Noun
English
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Alternative forms
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schmegegge
,
shmegeggy
,
shmegegge
,
shmegege
,
shmegegi
Etymology
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From
Yiddish
שמעגעגע
(
shmegege
)
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʃməˈɡɛɡi/
Noun
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schmegeggy
(
plural
schmegeggies
)
An
idiot
; a
jerk
.
1969
, Philip Roth,
Portnoy's Complaint
:
Her
lover
she calls me, while her husband is listening on the other extension! And it never occurs to her, if I’m her lover, who is he, the
schmegeggy
she lives with?
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