Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.
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- noun vulgar The
penis . - noun pejorative An item or person that is considered
useless . - noun pejorative A
jerk ; anunpleasant ordetestable person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) a jerk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
Bloomberg 2010
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
Bloomberg 2010
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
Bloomberg 2010
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
Bloomberg 2010
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"He proposed a concept which he called schmuck insurance, which was to protect us from looking foolish," Ackman, 43, said in a deposition for the lawsuit.
Bloomberg 2010
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I don't know why I'm even bothering to feed the trolls, but technically "schmuck" is Yiddish, though its prejorative use has been widely adpoted into American nomcenlature.
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Based on your love of using the word schmuck, it must be one or the other.
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He's a friggin 'schmuck, and I will campaign even harder to defeat Kennedy than almost any other Republican, because he's an opportunist.
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I got $5 that says that stupid schmuck is gong to wind up sueing someone over this.
azzato commented on the word schmuck
I believe this word comes from Yiddish and means penis.
April 3, 2009
susanm commented on the word schmuck
Um, not to be rude, but schmuck is the Yiddish word for penis.
April 7, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word schmuck
Perhaps it's used the same way dick is, as in "That guy's a dick".
April 7, 2009
seanahan commented on the word schmuck
Indeed, schmuck and dick are used in the exact same way.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schmuck
Except that one of them is ceremonially circumcised.
April 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word schmuck
Which doesn't mean they are not used in exactly the same way.
April 9, 2009
rolig commented on the word schmuck
What I find curious about this word is that in German it means "ornament, jewelry/jewellery" – a very different connotation indeed from its use in modern American English. I wonder if its establishment in Yiddish as "penis" was the result of a euphemism, like we say "the family jewels".
April 9, 2009
sionnach commented on the word schmuck
Rolig's comment reminds me of an ad I once saw in some gay German magazine for, let's say, intimate male body piercings (think PrinceAlbertinacanistan):
"Ein Schmuckstück für Dein Schmuckstück".
Somehow it sounds even worse when you read it out loud.
April 9, 2009
rolig commented on the word schmuck
That's hilarious, Sionnach!
April 9, 2009
seanahan commented on the word schmuck
While it's true that they are used in the same way, it is worth noting that more pleasure can be derived from one than the other.
April 10, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word schmuck
"More pleasure" for whom? That's a decidedly one-sided view.
April 10, 2009
seanahan commented on the word schmuck
I wasn't really sure when I made that joke, I've only ever had one reference point. And now we've taken this page to a discussion that will make people uncomfortable.
April 11, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word schmuck
I understood that schmuck was the Yiddish word for the foreskin. See the Wikitionary entry on schmuck and eg Mel Brooks Starts Nonprofit Foundation To Save Word 'Schmuck'.
In the UK helmet is used in a similar sense.
April 12, 2009