schmo

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/ʃməʊ/

Definition of schmo

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noun

(Jewish, US, slang)A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.

“The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.”

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noun

(Jewish, US, slang)A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.

“The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.”
(US, derogatory, humorous, informal)Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.

“I'm just an average schmo”
“Of his early childhood, he told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City: “I'm a schmo. My family never made more than $25,000 a year. We're all bakers for generations.””

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From Yiddish, alteration of schmuck. Compare also Russian чмо (čmo, “jerk, schmuck”).

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