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To: flaglady47; CatherineofAragon
"Then 3/4’s of Freepers are speaking at a 4th grade level too, lol. Trump talks like most of us do. He speaks our language. So, be careful, when you insult how Trump speaks, you are insulting a lot of us too, schmuck."

I don't know the range of your vocabulary. Language professionals say Trump speaks at a fourth grade level of vocabulary and that's what I reported.

"Schmuck or shmuck in American English is a pejorative meaning one who is stupid or foolish; or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word entered English from Yiddish (שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but its original meaning in Yiddish is penis.

Because of its vulgarity, the word is euphemized as schmoe, which was the source of Al Capp's cartoon strip creature the shmoo.

Variants include schmo and shmo. In Jewish homes, the word was "regarded as so vulgar as to be taboo".

Lenny Bruce, a Jewish standup comedian, wrote that the use of the word during his performances in 1962 led to his arrest on the West Coast "by a Yiddish undercover agent who had been placed in the club several nights running to determine if [his] use of Yiddish terms was a cover for profanity"."

97 posted on 10/26/2015 9:52:46 PM PDT by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save you life today.))
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To: Marcella; MinuteGal; oswegodeee; onyx; hoosiermama; entropy12; DoughtyOne; Jane Long; ...

“Schmuck or shmuck in American English is a pejorative meaning one who is stupid or foolish; or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person.”

The above is the common usage definition that I have heard used all my life. Schmuck is used frequently by both Jewish and non-Jewish folks, myself included, and by many of my friends. None of us are thinking “penis” when we use this word. Come down off your linguistic high horse and join the rest of us here in the gutter. We have more fun.


99 posted on 10/26/2015 11:41:03 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: Marcella
We need more profane schmucks, much more. This revolution will be televised.

...Proud profane schmuck!

101 posted on 10/26/2015 11:55:21 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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