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schmuck

[shmuhk] / ʃmʌk /


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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

Was Kiritsis a narcissistic madman or a schmuck who’d put too much trust in the American ideals of hard work and fair treatment?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2026

“If you don’t want to make a difference, why are you running? Let some other schmuck do it.”

From Slate Jul. 10, 2025

"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.

From BBC Aug. 19, 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

But don’t feel sorry for the schmucks Robinson plays, even when they start to cry.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2022

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




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