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schmo¹

  • /ʃməʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

From Yiddish, alteration of schmuck. Compare also Russian чмо (čmo, “jerk, schmuck”).

noun schmos · schmoes · schmoe · shmo · shmoe

  1. Jewish, US, derogatory, slang A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck. The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.

    Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon

schmo²

  • /ʃməʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

See Joe Schmoe § Etymology; schmo in this sense may well be homonymic to schmo in the sense above.

noun schmos · schmoes · schmoe · shmo · shmoe

  1. US, derogatory, humorous, informal Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe. I'm just an average schmo

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@misc{schmo_2026,
  title = {schmo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schmo},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}