Joe Schmo

Main Entry:  Joe Schmo
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the hypothetical average or ordinary person
Etymology:  1947; alternation of schmuck
Usage:  slang; pl. Schmoes
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Joe Schmo is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Joe Schmo definition

[ˈdʒo ˈʃmo]
  1. n.
    a jerk. : Let's say Joe Schmo wants a new car. What does he do?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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