schmendrick

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schmendrick
"stupid person," 1944, from Yiddish shmendrik, from the name of a character in an operetta by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908), Father of Yiddish Theater.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Schmendrick is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Slang Dictionary

schmendrick definition

[ˈʃmɛndrɪk]
and shmendrick
  1. n.
    a stupid and ineffectual nobody. (Yiddish.) : Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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