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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 03/23/06 03:30
Mark Parnell wrote:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> declared in alt.html:
>
>> Do you know what it means to say to someone in a semi-friendly
>> (Australian sort of) way that they are a poor schmuck?
>
> Much the same as calling them a bastard. :-)
...or rather a 'dick'. My dad's Jewish boss told me years ago schmuck
meant 'penis' or in slang, a 'dick'.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=schmuck&db=*
Are we OT enough now? ;-)
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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer
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