schmo

plural schmos · plural schmoes · alternative schmoe · alternative shmo · alternative shmoe

1. JewishUSderogatoryslangA stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.

   The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.

   2008, Ben Yagoda, chapter IV, in When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, Crown, →ISBN

   Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither

plural schmos · plural schmoes · alternative schmoe · alternative shmo · alternative shmoe

1. USderogatoryhumorousinformalAny average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.

   I'm just an average schmo

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   Of his early childhood, he told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City: “I'm a schmo. My family never made more than $25,000 a year. We're all bakers for generations.”

   2010, Dana Milbank, Tears of a Clown, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31