Shmohawk
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'''''Shmohawk''''' or '''''schmohawk''''' is a slang term that might have derived from ''[[schmo]]'', a slang term meaning ''fool''. The [[HBO]] television show ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' gave the word recent notoriety.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Earlier uses of the word can be found in the ''[[Crusader Rabbit]]'' animated cartoon "Crusader and the Schmohawk Indians", released in 1950{{IMDb title | id=0853400 | title=Crusader and the Schmohawk Indians}} and in [[Saul Bellow]]'s 1958 novel ''[[Henderson the Rain King]]''. |
'''''Shmohawk''''' or '''''schmohawk''''' is a slang term that might have derived from ''[[schmo]]'', a slang term meaning ''fool''. The [[HBO]] television show ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' gave the word recent notoriety.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Earlier uses of the word can be found in the ''[[Crusader Rabbit]]'' animated cartoon "Crusader and the Schmohawk Indians", released in 1950{{IMDb title | id=0853400 | title=Crusader and the Schmohawk Indians}} and in [[Saul Bellow]]'s 1958 novel ''[[Henderson the Rain King]]''. |
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''Shmohawk'' or ''schmohawk'' is the word "[[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]" with the [[Shm-reduplication|reduplicative prefix ''shm-'']] that conveys a mocking or dismissive meaning. It is borrowed from the [[Yiddish]] language, in which the prefix has been used to similar effect.{{cite journal | author = |
''Shmohawk'' or ''schmohawk'' is the word "[[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]" with the [[Shm-reduplication|reduplicative prefix ''shm-'']] that conveys a mocking or dismissive meaning. It is borrowed from the [[Yiddish]] language, in which the prefix has been used to similar effect.{{cite journal | author = Gold | title = English Schmenglish | journal = Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association | year=2002 | pages=108–120|url=https://cla-acl.ca/actes/actes-2002-proceedings.html|first=Elaine}} |
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==Other usages in popular culture== |
==Other usages in popular culture== |
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