Meanings
schmeat1
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of shmeat (“animal meat grown artificially from a tissue culture”).
schmeat2
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of shmeat (“penis”).
- derogatoryhumorousrareuncountableMeat.
Benny: I don't CARE what you want! I want a MEAT LOVER'S SPECIAL, dammit! You should too! […] Jimmy: Meat, schmeat, don't you ever get sick of meat?
1998 December 6, Jay Steele, “[UEW] Flash Flood Part IV (12/4)”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Apr 20263 more examples
‘[…] The Miss America people are considering you for one of the judges. Whaddaya say to that?’ Me, I didn’t say anything; I was speechless. But Marian snorted, ‘That meat parade!’ ‘Meat, schmeat, it’s exposure, darling.’
1984, Barbara Paul, “Kelly Ingram”, in The Renewable Virgin, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 44No experimentation with drugs, smoking, late-night parties, or kinky sex? Point me in the right direction! No more processed meats? Meat schmeat! (Actually, that one wasn’t all that difficult, given that I’ve been seeing a cute little puppy face with huge watery eyes in every hamburger for the last ten years or so.[…])
2008, Jess Riley, chapter 13, in Driving Sideways: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 2579) GREEN WITH ENVY Meat, schmeat. Gardner’s debut at the Austin Food & Wine Festival elicited so many oohs and ahhs that soon menus all over town were featuring haute veggies.
2015 January 2, Brandon Watson, “Top 10 Local Trends”, in Louis Black, editor, The Austin Chronicle, volume 34, number 18, Austin, Tex.: The Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 2
Origin
schmeat · noun
From sch- + meat. In sense 1, possibly influenced by schlong.
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schmeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmeat
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