schmuck
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“They think, ‘I’m the only schmuck that feels this bad,’ and never get the corrective feedback that depression is like the common cold of mental illness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
It’s the reminder some poor schmuck had Abilene Christian, and so we owe it to that man to properly document what happened and try our best to laugh in a way that’s comforting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024
"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
"He turned out to be the biggest schmuck I've ever met," she said.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2023
Now I was Percy Jackson, the poor schmuck with the ugly monster for a brother.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
“If you are Richie Weeks, you think to yourself, ‘Who are these schmucks?
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
I didn’t know Matt and I would end up the last schmucks left in our hometown, seemingly the only people shaking our heads at the advent of a $6 cup of joe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Endorsing schmucks you've never met in your life and couldn't care less about and then spreading some cash around.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021
The not-exactly-hidden subtext being, "that won't happen again, schmucks".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2019
“And we’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2018
