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
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
"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
He promised me he would be there, that schmuck.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
