Schmuckiness

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being schmucky, of being a schmuck; jerkiness, stupidity, foolishness, ineptitude. derogatory, slang, uncountable

    "But on his second tour of the housing developments - that's when the first little bit of schmuckiness started creeping in."

Synonyms

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foolishnessineptitudesillinessstupidity

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"But on his second tour of the housing developments - that's when the first little bit of schmuckiness started creeping in."

Etymology

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

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