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schmuckiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From schmucky + -ness. First use appears c. 1961 as shmuckiness.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang, uncountable) The state of being schmucky, of being a schmuck; jerkiness, stupidity, foolishness, ineptitude.
   • [Jack Nicholson's character Jonathan:] Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open. 1971, Jules Feiffer's screenplay for Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge
   • But on his second tour of the housing developments - that's when the first little bit of schmuckiness started creeping in. 1966, Realist Association (publisher), The Realist, numbers 64-85, page 19:

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