schmuck

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I wonder how much this schmuck is making off of this scam.

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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
  • Most important message in the world and this schmuck is mangling it. —  lingamish
  • Did CNN post it the same way when that schmuck, a republican, said it? —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Yes, this schmuck is spending a significant part of his life traveling to Starbucks stores, and he's keeping a thoroughly tedious record of his progress. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • Dzerzhinskiphobia - the fear that somewhere, somehow, a schmuck is watching you. —  Caption This!
 

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

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