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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Schmuck #17951 02/02/01 01:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Hmm... Between my brother and I, we've adapted the word "Schmuck" to mean "dollars". I think it came from "buck" and the old-fashioned "smackers" or "smackeroos". They sort of combine to give "schmuck". As in, "This cost me ten schmucks!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sybaritic Alex Williams 02/01/01 08:08 PM Re: Sybaritic Bobyoungbalt 02/01/01 08:24 PM Geschmuck Father Steve 02/02/01 01:03 AM Re: Geschmuck Capital Kiwi 02/02/01 07:45 AM Re: Geschmuck belligerentyouth 02/02/01 12:06 PM Schmuck Bean 02/02/01 01:48 PM Re: Geschmuck Bobyoungbalt 02/02/01 04:34 PM Re: Schmuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/01 04:58 PM Re: Schmuck Bobyoungbalt 02/02/01 07:43 PM Re: Schmuck AnnaStrophic 02/02/01 07:55 PM Re: Schmuck TEd Remington 02/05/01 09:17 PM Re: Schmuck musick 02/05/01 11:23 PM Re: Sybaritic tsuwm 02/01/01 08:31 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,386 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 790 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,570 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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