schmo

Ed Sheeran wouldn’t let just any old schmo accompany him on “Thinking Out Loud” in front of 70,000 people, especially on an instrument they’ve only played for a few weeks.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025

Now he’s just another schmo outside the 7-Eleven with stories to tell.

From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2024

“He or she is going to passively take whatever tweeting rights and whatever content Twitter the company provides, and whoever’s calling the shots, joe schmo Twitter user doesn’t have any control.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

The early going focuses on Rand — less villain than schmo, a hapless angry mullet — and on a parodic rendering of Pam and Tommy’s whirlwind courtship.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022

“Can you believe that schmo? He says that Aaron ran off, maybe freight-hopped to St. Louis or Cincinnati.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The not-so-shocking revelation of the original “Squid Game” was that these poor schmoes were being toyed and done away with for the entertainment of the jaded rich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Judge has more sympathy with ordinary schmoes who just want to do a job they believe in for eight to 10 hours a day, then go home and play video games.

From The Verge ● Oct. 25, 2019

The point is, I even made my schmoes taller than I was.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2019

Instead of relying on schmoes to mock draft based on their hunches, a computer could learn how to draft based on data.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2016

But it is essential that they register as schmoes like us.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2015