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- noun A
fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp
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a www.badmummynocookie.com b Toronto ON c My father convinced me that there was a small creature called a shmoo somewhat like a lemming in its description.
I Want YOU (to leave a comment on this entry specifically, because I am ever the curious one) 2009
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You had me at hello: Frisky yeast know who to 'shmoo' after 2 minutes
Science Blog BJS 2010
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You had me at hello: Frisky yeast know who to 'shmoo' after 2 minutes
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YubaNet.com 2010
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You had me at hello: Frisky yeast know who to 'shmoo' after 2 minutes Printer friendly page
YubaNet.com 2010
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You had me at hello: Frisky yeast know who to 'shmoo' after 2 minutes
Science Blog BJS 2010
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Nobel Laureate Robert Solow adopted the notion of "shmoo" from the comic Lil 'Abner - shmoos are identical creatures shaped like bowling pins with legs - to capture this kind of homogeneity.
Mises Dailies 2009
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When they take my coffee, smokes and booze and substitute electrical shmoo that tricks the brain and limits strokes
I’m Sure They’ll Have an App for That Gary Hardaway 2012
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Hee bee bery skwee worthee, hee gibs us a shmoo in wun part uv teh bideo!
Tonite on - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Must giv kitteh a shmoo on himz littlol wite noez striep!
Admit it - - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
myth commented on the word shmoo
According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer esctasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo. Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons. The hide of the Shmoo if cut thin made fine leather and if cut thick made the best lumber. Shmoo whiskers made splendid toothpicks. The Shmoo satisfied all the world's wants. You could never run out of Shmoon (plural of Shmoo) because they multiplied at such an incredible rate.
February 25, 2009
ockerblo commented on the word shmoo
From Li'l Abner. See
http://www.lil-abner.com/shmoo.html
March 24, 2009