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Schmuck

2 stages from Yiddish to English.

Today it means a foolish, contemptible, or obnoxious person
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Stage 1 of 2
shmok
Yiddish · medieval
"a foolish or contemptible person"
a vulgar slang term, of disputed further origin
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Stage 2 of 2
schmuck
English · 1800s-1900s
"a foolish or contemptible person"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking immigrant communities
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