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How to pronounce schmo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms schmuck, shmo, shmuck
Type of dork, jerk

Examples of schmo

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When the judges insisted that any schmo can detect a soggy corn dog, Andrew took a stand.
From the dispatch.com
For one poor schmo, Satan himself could not have created worse neighbors.
From the ocregister.com
But he grew up in St. Louis, an ordinary grunge-loving American schmo.
From the suntimes.com
Role models, schmo models, our stereotypical sports guy will tell you.
From the usatoday.com
I am an average schmo with a day job, no real ambition to be president, and I know this stuff.
From the economist.com
Yet what could you do but applaud the tall schmo who soldiered through it valiantly yet horribly?
From the ocregister.com
And like a schmo, I called him up thinking he would be thrilled.
From the huffingtonpost.com
He's just the schmo that the government sucked into the case.
From the freep.com
Start by paying attention to what interests the bumbler and listen carefully when the schmo grunts.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Schmuck: (Yiddish) a jerk
  • Schmuck is most often used in American English as a pejorative or insult, meaning an obnoxious, contemptible person; one who is stupid, foolish, or detestable.
  • A stupid or obnoxious person
  • A stupid person. (an alteration of schmuck; see below) (OED)