Definitions

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  • noun A stupid or obnoxious person

Etymologies

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From Yiddish.

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Examples

  • The tag schmoe is not private, as no tags are private, however you can choose to opt-out of tags on your profile or you can delete any tag you wish (and it will never reappear).

    MyBlogLog SchMOes: Two Months Later 2007

  • I mean, OK, this schmoe is about 5'8 , maybe 160# soaking wet; short, scrawny, and greying.

    Served thisismostlyme 2005

  • So I could have used those for more contests, or in the case of ties (see above), or for actual reviewers, etc, while meanwhile some schmoe is trying to make a profit over something they got for free and doubtless was not interested in.

    Contest Winner and Apologies kateelliott 2009

  • So I could have used those for more contests, or in the case of ties (see above), or for actual reviewers, etc, while meanwhile some schmoe is trying to make a profit over something they got for free and doubtless was not interested in.

    kateelliott: Contest Winner and Apologies kateelliott 2009

  • Hector, a loving husband and somewhat hapless schmoe, is relaxing in his yard when he spies through his binoculars a young woman removing her top in the woods.

    MOVIE REVIEW: Timecrimes Directed by Nacho Vigalongo 2008

  • What sets Hoynes apart from the regular schmoe is his ability to discern real homers from what he calls "dork balls."

    USATODAY.com - The best seat in the cove 2002

  • They are the boring banks of yesteryear, run by the kind of schmoe you think of when someone says 'dances like a banker'.

    Cobb 2009

  • They are the boring banks of yesteryear, run by the kind of schmoe you think of when someone says 'dances like a banker'.

    Cobb 2009

  • January 12th, 2009 2: 48 pm ET absolutely!! would you be asking this question if he were joe "schmoe" or is the moral bias a little different because he is wealthy?

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • They're like some poor schmoe drenched in flop sweat.

    Disney’s Rapunzel Retitled Tangled | /Film 2010

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