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or schmoe
as in idiot
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Recent Examples of schmo
Doc Odd goes against protocol, though, and saves this schmo’s life a second time in one night.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Some poor schmo rotated 720 degrees sideways while losing both his skis and face planting onto the ice.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
By Stephanie Zacharek September 2, 2024 7:49 AM EDT
What separates a genius from the rest of us schmoes?
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
This is a big hokey underdog story, but it’s told with a grit and realism that matches the era; Rocky’s just a good-hearted schmo from the neighborhood who doesn’t have the stomach to break thumbs for the mob but isn’t sure what else the world has for him either.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
The broad contours of his arc, from an ordinary schmo to a beloved TV star hobnobbing with celebrities and signing his own development deal, are as classic as Hollywood fairy tales get.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
When given a guitar by Bob Marley’s family, DJ Khaled acted a total schmo, displaying zero respect for fine hardwoods , and seemed to take himself seriously while doing it.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
When beautiful movie stars take the brave step of impersonating regular schmoes, with flawed physiques and imperfectly proportioned appendages, praise and prizes often follow.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Unfortunately for the guru, only a schmo would fall for this Schmäh.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Some poor schmo rotated 720 degrees sideways while losing both his skis and face planting onto the ice.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
By Stephanie Zacharek September 2, 2024 7:49 AM EDT
What separates a genius from the rest of us schmoes?
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
This is a big hokey underdog story, but it’s told with a grit and realism that matches the era; Rocky’s just a good-hearted schmo from the neighborhood who doesn’t have the stomach to break thumbs for the mob but isn’t sure what else the world has for him either.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
The broad contours of his arc, from an ordinary schmo to a beloved TV star hobnobbing with celebrities and signing his own development deal, are as classic as Hollywood fairy tales get.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
When given a guitar by Bob Marley’s family, DJ Khaled acted a total schmo, displaying zero respect for fine hardwoods , and seemed to take himself seriously while doing it.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
When beautiful movie stars take the brave step of impersonating regular schmoes, with flawed physiques and imperfectly proportioned appendages, praise and prizes often follow.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Unfortunately for the guru, only a schmo would fall for this Schmäh.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmo
Noun
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Think about the jackass, who probably isn’t enjoying a stunning pink-purple sunset.Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hey, Joe and fellow travelers, don’t act like your party moniker, the donkey, or more precisely, like jackasses.David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
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Ever since 2008’s Taken opened up a surprisingly durable late-career reinvention for Liam Neeson as a taciturn action star of tough-guy dad thrillers, frequently dispatching lowlifes who mess with his family, it’s become the norm to expect more of the same.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
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But Joel and Ethan invest in other characters’ stories more — specifically, Josh Brolin’s conflicted fixer and Alden Ehrenreich’s anxious young actor — leaving Clooney to ham it up pleasantly as a forgettable dolt. 14.Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The wretch in question has cut down one of the speaker’s spruce trees without his permission.Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
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Had this poor wretch been well supplied with friends and money the result, as in numerous other instances, might have been different.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
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Jane Austen wrote takedowns of this kind of ninny two centuries ago — how fun to see Pike update her twit to the post-Y2K era.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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Kopas, who wisely eschews hamming, makes Frank a spry, eloquent presence, although more dourness in the play’s initial scenes might help his character stand out from the salon’s cheerful ninnies.Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
Noun
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You are being forced to surrender your country without a fight to the gang of traitors, thieves, and scoundrels who have seized power.Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Still, our heroes are not traditional heroes but rather scoundrels and knaves and outcasts, all of whom have complex inner turmoil and compelling character arcs.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The white supremacist rally that interrupted the mayor's lunch in Howell on Saturday wasn't overly impressive, really — just a dozen or so nitwits, and one ghost.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
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The nitwits were chased off by a woman from the local library board.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
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Much of this was thanks to (and despite) the actions of the sociopaths and doofuses at Slough House who unwittingly helped (and thwarted) the plot along the way.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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How can someone whose wealth and fame rest on innovative technologies—electric cars and rocket launches—be such a doofus?Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Schmo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmo. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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