schm-comb. form

In a phrase or compound when immediately following the word on which it is based, the nonsense word containing this combining form has stronger stress than the original word. Primary stress is usually attracted to the first syllable of the nonsense word that corresponds to a stressed syllable of the original word (be it the primary or a secondary stress), and any alteration to the stress pattern is then pre-emptively mirrored by the original word, e.g. Tarsus-Schmarsus Brit.

/ˌtɑːsəsˈʃmɑːsəs/, U.S.

/ˌtɑrsəsˈʃmɑrsəs/.

Forms: 1900s– schm-, 1900s– shm-.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish.

Etymology: < shm- in numerous Yiddish words beginning with this cluster, e.g. shmalts schmaltz n., shmuts schmutz n., and especially shmuk schmuck n.; the spelling schm- shows respelling after German words beginning with this cluster.Formations are found from the late 1920s.

colloquial (originally in Jewish usage).

An element, fused with or replacing the initial letter(s) of a word, so as to form a nonsense word which is added after the original word in order to convey disparagement, dismissal, or derision. Cf. fancy-schmancy adj.

ΚΠ

1929 I. Goller Five Bks. Mr. Moses v. ii. 215 ‘I know he made Davy go to the Palace to-day with the idea of hastening on the crisis in his illness.’.. ‘Crisis-shmisis!’ mocked Barnett disparagingly.

1935 A. Kober Thunder over Bronx 48 So who you rushing to see, Miss Hurry Shmurry?

1953 I. Asimov Second Foundation xviii. 183 ‘Time; schmime,’ said Pappa irritably.

1963 T. Pynchon V. xii. 354 ‘It's murdering your own child, is what it is.’ ‘Child, schmild. A complex protein molecule, is all.’

1967 New Yorker 28 Oct. 105/2 Two early Christians chanced to meet in Heaven... ‘Saul of Tarsus, yet!’ cried one. ‘What are you doing here?’ ‘Tarsus-Schmarsus,’ replied the other, ‘I'm Paul already.’

1969 Listener 24 Apr. 569/1 I was surprised to find René Cutforth retelling the old story of the psychiatrist and the fond mother without specifying that she's a Jewish mother. (‘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?’).

1996 Daily Express 1 Mar. 46/2 Jemima: ‘So you keep saying..but I love him. And that's what counts.’ Diana: ‘Love-schmove! I've learned the hard way.’

2006 C. Langston Bicoastal Babe xv. 144 Victor Schmictor. He may be all that, but he's in New York, and that's a long way from here.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schm-
释义	schm-comb. form In a phrase or compound when immediately following the word on which it is based, the nonsense word containing this combining form has stronger stress than the original word. Primary stress is usually attracted to the first syllable of the nonsense word that corresponds to a stressed syllable of the original word (be it the primary or a secondary stress), and any alteration to the stress pattern is then pre-emptively mirrored by the original word, e.g. Tarsus-Schmarsus Brit. /ˌtɑːsəsˈʃmɑːsəs/, U.S. /ˌtɑrsəsˈʃmɑrsəs/. Forms: 1900s– schm-, 1900s– shm-. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymology: < shm- in numerous Yiddish words beginning with this cluster, e.g. shmalts schmaltz n., shmuts schmutz n., and especially shmuk schmuck n.; the spelling schm- shows respelling after German words beginning with this cluster.Formations are found from the late 1920s. colloquial (originally in Jewish usage). An element, fused with or replacing the initial letter(s) of a word, so as to form a nonsense word which is added after the original word in order to convey disparagement, dismissal, or derision. Cf. fancy-schmancy adj. ΚΠ 1929 I. Goller Five Bks. Mr. Moses v. ii. 215 ‘I know he made Davy go to the Palace to-day with the idea of hastening on the crisis in his illness.’.. ‘Crisis-shmisis!’ mocked Barnett disparagingly. 1935 A. Kober Thunder over Bronx 48 So who you rushing to see, Miss Hurry Shmurry? 1953 I. Asimov Second Foundation xviii. 183 ‘Time; schmime,’ said Pappa irritably. 1963 T. Pynchon V. xii. 354 ‘It's murdering your own child, is what it is.’ ‘Child, schmild. A complex protein molecule, is all.’ 1967 New Yorker 28 Oct. 105/2 Two early Christians chanced to meet in Heaven... ‘Saul of Tarsus, yet!’ cried one. ‘What are you doing here?’ ‘Tarsus-Schmarsus,’ replied the other, ‘I'm Paul already.’ 1969 Listener 24 Apr. 569/1 I was surprised to find René Cutforth retelling the old story of the psychiatrist and the fond mother without specifying that she's a Jewish mother. (‘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?’). 1996 Daily Express 1 Mar. 46/2 Jemima: ‘So you keep saying..but I love him. And that's what counts.’ Diana: ‘Love-schmove! I've learned the hard way.’ 2006 C. Langston Bicoastal Babe xv. 144 Victor Schmictor. He may be all that, but he's in New York, and that's a long way from here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1929
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