schmo
A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible personA stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
Meaning
2 senses(Jewish, US, derogatory, slang)A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
(US, derogatory, humorous, informal)Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.
I'm just an average schmo
- (Yiddish) a jerk
Origin
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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