shmo

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shmo
noun (pl. shmoes) variant spelling of schmo.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schmo /ʃməʊ/ (also shmo)
noun (pl. schmoes) N. Amer. informal a foolish or inept person.

■ (also Joe Schmo) a hypothetical ordinary man.

– origin 1940s: alt. of schmuck.
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