Shmuckiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of schmuckiness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "For that matter, the Realist would be right in there with the AFL-CIO and the NAM and the New York Post and the National Review; I would suggest that a better test of the unanimity principle might be the editorial positions taken by the insiders on whether Khrushchev’s act of cosmic shmuckiness should be followed by Kennedy’s ditto."

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"For that matter, the Realist would be right in there with the AFL-CIO and the NAM and the New York Post and the National Review; I would suggest that a better test of the unanimity principle might be the editorial positions taken by the insiders on whether Khrushchev’s act of cosmic shmuckiness should be followed by Kennedy’s ditto."

Etymology

From shmucky + -ness.

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