schmuckiness

alternative shmuckiness

1. derogatoryslanguncountableThe state of being schmucky, of being a schmuck; jerkiness, stupidity, foolishness, ineptitude.

   But on his second tour of the housing developments - that's when the first little bit of schmuckiness started creeping in.

   1966, Realist Association (publisher), The Realist, numbers 64-85, page 19

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   [Jack Nicholson's character Jonathan:] Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.

   1971, Jules Feiffer's screenplay for Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge