Meanings
comparative shmexier · superlative shmexiest · alternative schmexy
- euphemistichumorousslangSexy.
Sir Ben Marx. Singer, model, shmexy zombie.
2011, Jaymie Baxley, "Sir Ben Marx Q&A", Feed Magazine, November 2011 (image caption)3 more examples
Sexy, schmexy. My friend Flo is coming over and I will not have her see my daughter wearing ripped-up rags!!
1984, Cathy Guisewite, Men Should Come with Instruction Booklets: A Cathy Collection, →ISBN, page 52He sat down and smiled at me, a corner of his mouth higher than the other and one eyebrow raised. Wow, that was entirely too shmexy for this early in the morning.
2012, Kimberly Pauley, Cat Girl's Day Off, Tu Books, →ISBNFlabbergasted by his transformation back into shmexy 'Cab Braden' who couldn't take his eyes off of me, I didn't know what to make of it in all my confusion.
2012, Samantha Young, On Dublin Street, New American Library, →ISBN - slangHaving a desirability like sexual attractiveness.
Origin
- Englishshm-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Old Frenchsexe
- Middle Englishsexe
- Englishsex
- Englishsexy
- Englishshmexy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shmexy
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shmexy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmexy
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shmexy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shmexy.
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