schmon.

Brit.

/ʃməʊ/, U.S.

/ʃmoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– schmo, 1900s– schmoe, 1900s– schmoo, 1900s– schmooh, 1900s– shmo, 1900s– shmoe.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions.

Etymology: Probably short for Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions (although this is first attested slightly later).The alternative suggestion of a shortening < schmuck n. poses phonological problems. See further the discussion by D. L. Gold in Amer. Speech (1988) 63 278–9.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

An idiot, a fool, a loser. Also in weakened use: an average or ordinary person (cf. Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance

dud1721

lightweight1831

tit1881

mess1891

schmuck1892

schmendrick1897

Little Willie1901

schlepper1901

wally1922

klutz1925

twerp1925

twit1934

jerk1935

schmo1937

shmegegge1937

schlep1939

sad sack1943

no-hoper1944

Joe Schmo1947

jerko1949

nerk1955

prat1955

schmucko1959

Herbert1960

1937 J. Weidman I can get it for you Wholesale ix. 78 The dumb schmooh! I told him to say, ‘I don't know what this is all about, Mr. Bogen’, but he's got to add a couple of his own decorations.

1948 Life 15 Mar. 23/2 Schlump is a friendlier, more sympathetic term than ‘schmo’, which has completely replaced ‘jerk’. A schmo, of course, is a person who stands watching a machine make doughnuts, and 1) cannot understand the process, 2) cannot get up will power to leave.

1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 125 A couple of shmos like you and me, we can't even get up our rent, whereas them dukes and earls..are rolling in dough.

1970 D. Francis Rat Race ii. 27 ‘Who,’ he said crossly, ‘is going to give that schmo a thousand quid for breaking his ankle?’

1979 ‘H. Howard’ Sealed Envelope xi. 159 I was feeling like a shmoe... Paul Ingram had outsmarted me.

1992 Chicago Jan. 100/3 Its New York and L.A. sisters get by on rock-star clientele and..regular schmoes.

2008 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 25 June (Sports section) 71 This is what happens when visionary radio executives pull a schmo out of a hot-dog stand and turn him into a talk-show host.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schmo
释义	schmon. Brit. /ʃməʊ/, U.S. /ʃmoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– schmo, 1900s– schmoe, 1900s– schmoo, 1900s– schmooh, 1900s– shmo, 1900s– shmoe. Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions. Etymology: Probably short for Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions (although this is first attested slightly later).The alternative suggestion of a shortening < schmuck n. poses phonological problems. See further the discussion by D. L. Gold in Amer. Speech (1988) 63 278–9. colloquial (originally U.S.). An idiot, a fool, a loser. Also in weakened use: an average or ordinary person (cf. Joe Schmo n. at Joe n.² Additions). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance dud1721 lightweight1831 tit1881 mess1891 schmuck1892 schmendrick1897 Little Willie1901 schlepper1901 wally1922 klutz1925 twerp1925 twit1934 jerk1935 schmo1937 shmegegge1937 schlep1939 sad sack1943 no-hoper1944 Joe Schmo1947 jerko1949 nerk1955 prat1955 schmucko1959 Herbert1960 1937 J. Weidman I can get it for you Wholesale ix. 78 The dumb schmooh! I told him to say, ‘I don't know what this is all about, Mr. Bogen’, but he's got to add a couple of his own decorations. 1948 Life 15 Mar. 23/2 Schlump is a friendlier, more sympathetic term than ‘schmo’, which has completely replaced ‘jerk’. A schmo, of course, is a person who stands watching a machine make doughnuts, and 1) cannot understand the process, 2) cannot get up will power to leave. 1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 125 A couple of shmos like you and me, we can't even get up our rent, whereas them dukes and earls..are rolling in dough. 1970 D. Francis Rat Race ii. 27 ‘Who,’ he said crossly, ‘is going to give that schmo a thousand quid for breaking his ankle?’ 1979 ‘H. Howard’ Sealed Envelope xi. 159 I was feeling like a shmoe... Paul Ingram had outsmarted me. 1992 Chicago Jan. 100/3 Its New York and L.A. sisters get by on rock-star clientele and..regular schmoes. 2008 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 25 June (Sports section) 71 This is what happens when visionary radio executives pull a schmo out of a hot-dog stand and turn him into a talk-show host. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937
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