Definitions

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  • noun (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense

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Examples

  • He lives in a fancy white house and he is a big shmegegge.

    Something Funny: Yiddish with George and Laura 2008

  • The way he held Larry and Hank in check and still managed to produce a show helped make Larry Sanders a comedic psychodrama rather than just another sitcom about the trials and travails of a shmegegge and a schmuck.

    After Ellen , NBC Heads Into Gay Territory ... Farewell, Larry Sanders, Your Hair Was Nice 1998

  • The way he held Larry and Hank in check and still managed to produce a show helped make Larry Sanders a comedic psychodrama rather than just another sitcom about the trials and travails of a shmegegge and a schmuck.

    After Ellen , NBC Heads Into Gay Territory ... Farewell, Larry Sanders, Your Hair Was Nice 1998

  • We Indians vividly remember the years that the Islamic Mughals and Mongols and later, the British ruled over us - all because we were still fixated on horse chariots and elephant cavalry while the Mughals and British had access to much better technology. shmendrick peddling shmegegge to pander to shtunks ... couldn't resist.

    Planet Atheism Pharyngula 2010

  • Upon further research, it doesn't surprise me to find out shmegegge is from the New York area.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • Upon further research, it doesn't surprise me to find out shmegegge is from the New York area.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • Your position shmegegge reinterprets all this to mean withholding judgement on racism.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • Who is number 1? posted by cortex at 4: 48 PM PST on September 21 [!] squirrel and shmegegge, when y'all turn 18 I might let yall pay me to take turns sucking my toe till I sneeze.

    How Now Brownpau 2008

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  • with the delightful spelling variation 'schmegeggy'

    April 27, 2009