schmo
schmo · schmos · schmoes
A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible personA stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
/ʃməʊ/
Значення
значень: 2(Jewish, США, зневажливе, сленг)A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
(США, зневажливе, жартівливе, розмовне)Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.
I'm just an average schmo
Ще визначення
- (Yiddish) a jerk
Походження
From Yiddish, alteration of schmuck. Compare also Russian чмо (čmo, “jerk, schmuck”). SeeFrom Yiddish, alteration of schmuck. Compare also Russian чмо (čmo, “jerk, schmuck”).
See Joe Schmoe § Etymology; schmo in this sense may well be homonymic to schmo in the sense above.
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