shm- pfx
a facetious pfx, used to nullify the word (and thus the statement) to which it is appended.
Cry Tough! 60: ‘He dresses warm,’ his wife said. ‘Warm, shmarm,’ her husband replied angrily. | ||
Augie March (1996) 149: Oh, fooey, no. What bushwah! Love, shmuv! | ||
Mad mag. Aug.–Sept. 48: Stark Club, Shmark Club, this is still a saloon. | ||
Cast the First Stone 234: Ain’t we the fancy schmancies? Pink prison bars yet. | ||
Murder Me for Nickels (2004) 25: All right, friends, shmends. | ||
Early Havoc 228: ‘It’s not like vaudeville or stock — it’s not legit!’ ‘Legit, schlegit!’ Bobby mocked. | ||
In the Life 2: ‘What’s to think?’ ‘Choice, schmoice.’. | ||
Nard n’ Pat [comic strip] Well fuck that shit! Vagabond Schmagabond! | ||
Thumb Tripping (1971) 141: Kill it, schmill it! | ||
Erections, Ejaculations etc. 370: ‘I have to go to work early tomorrow morning.’ ‘Work. Smerk. The Turk lurked and jerked.’. | ||
Faggots 36: Closets, schmosets, everyone’s out of the closet. | ||
Love Without (2007) 140: The chemo, the shmeemo, the operations, the examinations. | ‘Finnegan’s Waikiki’ in||
Campus Sl. Oct. 8: schm- [...] College-Schmollege. | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 141: fancy-shmancy. Too fancy, pretentious. | ||
(con. early 1950s) L.A. Confidential 294: ‘I didn’t think you’d heard of me.’ ‘Heard, shmeard, word gets out.’. | ||
Homeboy 294: ‘I can recommend competent alternate counsel.’ ‘Alternate, shmalternate . . . I want you on this appeal, Sidney.’. | ||
Penguin Book of All-New Aus. Jokes 159: Commitment Schmittment (formerly Wedlock Schmedlock). | ||
Atomic Lobster 173: ‘You mean I can actually meet him?’ ‘Meet him, shmeet him.’. | ||
Riptide Ultra-Glide 145: ‘Always the character! Full of moxie!’ [...] ‘Moxie, schmoxie, I’m completely serious’. | ||
‘The Hurt Business’ in ThugLit July [ebook] [E]verything looks like an old church. Fancy-shmancy. | ||
Empty Wigs (t/s) 538: ‘Centuwies schmentuwies. Tha’s your time - not my time’. | ||
Joey Piss Pot 126: ‘Stranger shmanger. Who cares?’ [...] ‘Can we talk about this tomorrow?’ ‘Talk shmawk, Morris’. |