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   Schmuck (pejorative) Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish (Yiddish: שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but where its literal meaning is a vulgar term for a penis. [ 1 ]

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   Feb 18, 2015 · When a word borrowed from another language passes into English, the tenor of the word, as understood by speakers of that first language, doesn't always come through. An example of this lost-in-transmission phenomenon is schmuck/shmuck. In Hooray for Yiddish! A Book About English (1982), Leo Rosten begins a lengthy discussion of shmuck as follows:

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   Feb 1, 2022 · schmuck (n.) schmuck. (n.) also shmuck, "contemptible person," 1892, from East Yiddish shmok, literally "penis," probably from Old Polish smok "grass snake, dragon," and likely not the same word as German Schmuck "jewelry, adornments," which is related to Low German smuck "supple, tidy, trim, elegant," and to Old Norse smjuga "slip, step ...

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   The earliest known use of the noun schmuck is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for schmuck is from 1892, in the writing of Israel Zangwill, writer and advocate of Jewish causes. schmuck is a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish shmok.

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   Sep 27, 2024 · schmuck (plural schmucks) (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus: jerk. 1995 September, “The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford”, in Playboy: One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend ...

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHMUCK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   US derogatory, slang a foolish or contemptible person; oaf.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Where does Schmuck come from?

   • He said schmuck does come from that German word "some way or another," but that the Yiddish word for ornament (or jewelry) is "schmock". Interestingly, he notes that there is a Slovene word "smok" that means fool, but it was derived by the Yiddish word. That's why language is so gosh-darn interesting!

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   What is Schmuck / Shmuck?

   • When a word borrowed from another language passes into English, the tenor of the word, as understood by speakers of that first language, doesn't always come through. An example of this lost-in-transmission phenomenon is schmuck / shmuck. In Hooray for Yiddish! A Book About English (1982), Leo Rosten begins a lengthy discussion of shmuck as follows:

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   When was Schmuck first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun schmuck is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for schmuck is from 1892, in the writing of Israel Zangwill, writer and advocate of Jewish causes. schmuck is a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish shmok.

   schmuck, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   What does it mean if you call someone a schmuck?

   • If you call someone a schmuck, you mean that they are stupid or you do not like them. I played like a schmuck. I am a schmuck. That's how I feel right now. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   Is Schmuck a obscene word?

   • Leo Rosten writes in The Joys of Yiddish that schmuck is commonly viewed among Jews as an obscene word that should not be said lightly.

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   Is schmuck an obscene Yiddish idiom?

   • Schmuck is supposedly an obscene Yiddish term for the male sex organ, yet it appears all of the time in the media as an American idiom for a jerk. Can one use it in polite company? The obscene meaning is intriguing because I wonder how it came to that definition since the German word "Schmuck", means "jewelry"? ;-)

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8. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › schmuckSchmuck Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SCHMUCK is a stupid, foolish, or unlikeable person : jerk. How to use schmuck in a sentence.