According to Google:
schmuck
SHmək/
nounNORTH AMERICAN[COLOR=#878787 !important]informal[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#878787 !important]noun: schmuck; plural noun: schmucks; noun: shmuck; plural noun: shmucks[/COLOR]
- a foolish or contemptible person.
- [COLOR=#878787 !important]Origin[/COLOR]
late 19th century: from Yiddish shmok ‘penis.’
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness Titus 2:3
I am willing to admit that I presumed that your post was from the web since it was so large so my mistake. It is apparent that you have been part of this discussion before and had compiled the information previously.
Does the name calling make you feel better?
That is not at all what came up when I googled it. I apologize if anyone thought I would say something like that. Well, the “shmok” stuff anyways.
As far as a foolish or contemptible person, I pretty much stand by that. Here is the definition I found.
Schmuck, or shmuck, in American English is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person
When someone says I should have posted a link to where I copied and pasted it from on the internet, after all the hours I have spent working on that material, after all I have said about posting links to things people copy and paste, and the implication that as a woman I wouldn’t know that kind of stuff, to say nothing of the fact that individual was obviously clueless about the exegesis, that word popped ito my head.
So, if I just should have said “arrogant and obnoxious, etc” I apologize. Yet somehow, he was allowed to put me down, but I wasn’t allowed to defend myself?
Oh, the 19th century Yiddish is not the same word. Now that I have spent almost a year studying advanced German, there is HUGE difference between “sch” and “sh.” They simply are not the same. Plus, I said “uck” in the word I used, the Yiddish is “ok” at the end. Then there is the fact that Yiddish is a quite different language than American/Canadian English.
But, if you want to trash me, too, with the wrong facts schmuck versus shmok, totally different words, with different meanings and spellings, feel free to knock yourself out!