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schm- (or shm-)

 
Obscure Words: schm- (or shm-)


[fr. various Yiddish words]  colloq., chiefly U.S.
an element used to form a nonsense term of derision by preceding the initial vowel or by replacing the initial consonant or consonant cluster (forming a rhyme)  <fancy, schmancy>
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