schmo

Today it means: A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck. Full definition →

schmo · noun¹

From 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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