schmuckiness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From schmucky +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

schmuckiness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being schmucky, of being a schmuck; jerkiness, stupidity, foolishness, ineptitude.
    • 1971, Jules Feiffer's screenplay for Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge:
      [Jack Nicholson's character Jonathan:] Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.
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