- schmo
- or schmoe noun (plural schmoes) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1947 slang jerk 4a
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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schmo — [ʃməu US ʃmou] n plural schmoes AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Probably from schmuck] a stupid or annoying person … Dictionary of contemporary English
schmo — ☆ schmo [shmō ] n. pl. schmoes or schmos [< Yiddish, prob. altered < shmok: see SCHMUCK] Slang a foolish or stupid person; dolt: also sp. schmoe … English World dictionary
schmo — UK [ʃməʊ] / US [ʃmoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms schmo : singular schmo plural schmoes American informal someone who is boring or stupid … English dictionary
schmo — AND shmo; shmoe; schmoe [Jmo] n. a foolish and naive person, usually a male. (Yiddish. See also Joe Schmo.) □ hat a schmo! He thinks I caused the problem. □ Tell the silly schmoe to beat it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
schmo — [ʃməʊ] (also shmo) noun (plural schmoes) N. Amer. informal a foolish or inept person. ↘(also Joe Schmo) a hypothetical ordinary man. Origin 1940s: alt. of schmuck … English new terms dictionary
schmo or schmoe — [ ʃmou ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who is boring or stupid … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
schmo — /shmoh/, n., pl. schmoes. Slang. a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk. Also, schmoe. [1945 50, Amer.; of obscure orig.] * * * … Universalium
schmo — noun A stupid or obnoxious person … Wiktionary
SchmO — Schiedsmannordnung EN regulations on arbitrators … Abkürzungen und Akronyme in der deutschsprachigen Presse Gebrauchtwagen
Schmo — foolish person; goose (originally US slang (1940s); perhaps euphemistic alteration of schmuck ) … Dictionary of Australian slang
