schmuck

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Imagine if this schmuck was around when Hitler was, he'd have handed Hitler the shovel for Hitler to bash Obama's own minority brains in.

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  • If you want to be a schmuck, be a schmuck -- but don't wait around for respect from other people -- a schmuck is a schmuck. —  The Real Frank Zappa Book
  • Imagine if this schmuck was around when Hitler was, he'd have handed Hitler the shovel for Hitler to bash Obama's own minority brains in. —  Latest Articles
  • I don't know why I'm even bothering to feed the trolls, but technically "schmuck" is Yiddish, though its prejorative use has been widely adpoted into American nomcenlature. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Thank God that the schmuck will be history after January's election. —  CapeCodToday Blog Chowder
  • The Christmas Hope does bust out the Yiddish word "schmuck.") —  EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. Yiddish shmok, penis, fool, probably from Polish smok, serpent, tail.
 

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