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schmo

  [shmoh]
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–noun, plural schmoes. Slang.
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
Also, schmoe.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; of obscure orig.
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schmo or schmoe also shmo   (shmō)   
n.   pl. schmoes also shmoes Slang
A stupid or obnoxious person.

[From Yiddish shmok, penis, fool; see schmuck.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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schmo [ʃmo]

and shmo; shmoe; schmoe
  1. n.
    a foolish and naive person, usually a male. (Yiddish. See also Joe Schmo.) : What a schmo! He thinks I caused the problem.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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