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shmoe

shmoe is the alternative spelling of schmo.

Meaning of schmo

Noun (1)

schmo (plural schmos or schmoes)

  1. (Jewish, US, derogatory, slang) A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
    • The poor schmo would immediately break down and confess that he did a lot of other bad things as well.2008, Ben Yagoda, chapter IV, in When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, Crown, →ISBN

Noun (2)

schmo (plural schmos or schmoes)

  1. (US, derogatory, humorous, informal) Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.
    • I'm just an average schmo

Forms of shmoe

pluralshmoes

Phrases with shmoe

Questions about shmoe

What is shmoe the alternative spelling of?
Shmoe is the alternative spelling of schmo.

Words near shmoe in the dictionary

  1. shmittah
  2. shmittahs
  3. shmo
  4. shmock
  5. shmocks
  6. shmoe
  7. shmoes
  8. shmok
  9. shmoke
  10. shmoked
  11. shmokes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shmoe (page history and authors); schmo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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