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Complete Definition of "schm-"

English
Etymology
Imitative of many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck

Prefix
schm-

  1. Used to form a reduplicated rhyming compound of any word in order to express disparagement, dismissal or derision

#:"I have to tell you, madam, that your son is suffering from an Oedipus complex." "Oedipus, Schmoedipus! What does it matter, so long as he loves his mother?" — Jewish joke

Category:English prefixes

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