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- noun (Yiddish) a jerk
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Examples
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Indeed, it was uneasiness about shmuck that led to the truncated euphemism shmo - and any shmo knows what shmo comes from.
March 2004 2004
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In Malick's, it's the critics offering intellectual hosannas in ways that are meant to make the average shmo feel he's missed some crucial point if he doesn't appreciate Malick's work.
Marshall Fine: Annals of the Overrated: Lady Gaga and The Tree of Life Marshall Fine 2011
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I hope your children realize what an Ass they have as a father and remember that when they put you in the Old Folks Home! shmo
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That Lotus is a score, and it upsets us all that the owner obviously doesn't deserve a ride like that, the same way you sometimes see an ordinary shmo with an absolute babe on his arm, and go WTF is SHE doing with HIM?
Inspiring Rides: True Greatness Knows No Discipline BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Hmm, how many times have I been craving Mexican, only to drive around like a shmo, looking at restaurant signs to indicate there might be something to satiate my craving for burritos and enchiladas.
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Another poor shmo who hosted an after-party at his pad one night to enjoy a little group reefer session suddenly found himself alone, except for Dana.
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Well, yes, it is fairly well known tht Hitler yemach shmo was a brilliant speaker, revitalized German national pride, followed a healthy vegetarian diet, encouraged physical fitness among German youth, and could not abide cruelty to animals.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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As far as quoting notorious self-hating Jews like Noam Chomsky, yimakh shmo, and that great but thankfully deceased champion of Arab dominion, Eddie Said, such verbiage will only appeal to the ignorant.
Could There Be a One-State Solution? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Another poor shmo who hosted an after-party at his pad one night to enjoy a little group reefer session suddenly found himself alone, except for Dana.
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Another poor shmo who hosted an after-party at his pad one night to enjoy a little group reefer session suddenly found himself alone, except for Dana.
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