schmegeggy

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/ʃməˈɡɛɡi/

noun

An idiot; a jerk.

OriginYiddish שמעגעגע →
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Meanings

nounschmegeggy (plural schmegeggies)

plural schmegeggies · alternative schmegegge · alternative shmegeggy · alternative shmegegge · alternative shmegege · alternative shmegegi

  1. An idiot; a jerk.

    Her lover she calls me, while her husband is listening on the other extension! And it never occurs to her, if I’m her lover, who is he, the schmegeggy she lives with?

    1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint

Origin

  1. Yiddishשמעגעגע
  2. Englishschmegeggy

From Yiddish שמעגעגע (shmegege).

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