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schmuck

[shmuhk] / ʃmʌk /


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SpaceX is so big that lots of funds would have bought SpaceX at almost any price in order not to trail the benchmark and look dumb—so-called schmuck insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

"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

And on the sublime Mariners Apartment Complex, she even addresses the people - critics, boyfriends, record-industry bigwigs - who "mistook my kindness for weakness", the not-exactly-hidden subtext being: "That won't happen again, schmucks."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

In their places stood Jerry Seinfeld, Seth Rogen, and Adam Sandler, who were deep trenches of playing schmucks and schlubs.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021

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

“And we’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2018

“We’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2018




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