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Examples of shmuck
shmuck
Even if its a house, ultimatley some other shmuck wil pay for it.
From the guardian.co.uk
They're brighter than your average shmuck but not that bright.
From the guardian.co.uk
The current one makes you look a complete loser and a shmuck.
From the expressandstar.com
Eventually, this game of musical chairs has to end, with some poor shmuck left with a big pile of play money.
From the economist.com
We've had an authoritarian shmuck here in power for about 20 years, and he is about to screw up the upcoming elections.
From the economist.com
This poor shmuck then is made to symbolize the larger phenomenon when in fact the larger phenomenon is precisely the opposite.
From the online.wsj.com
But these and other linguistic immigrants are so much a part of our language now, who's to say that words like shmuck and schmaltz don't follow recognizable English patterns?
From the economist.com
- 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.
- Alternative spelling of schmuck
- (Yiddish), lit. 'penis', used as a pejorative for an obnoxious person
- Oh come on, everyone knows what this means.
- A stupid person; a penis.
