Schmendrick

//ˈʃmɛndɹɪk// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid person; a fool; a nincompoop.

    "Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo."

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"Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo."

Etymology

From Yiddish שמענדריק (shmendrik), from the name of a character in the operetta Shmendrik, oder di komishe Chaseneh (Schmendrik, or The Comical Wedding; שמענדריק, אָדער, די קאָמישע חתונה) by Avrom Goldfaden.

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