sch....

topic posted Thu, April 27, 2006 - 11:22 AM by  Ben
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*schmaltz [Yiddish:reduced fat] = sentimental or florid music or art

*schlock = of low quality

*schlepp = 1. to drag or haul 2. to move slowly or awkwardly (awkwardly, another word spelled like what it is describing.)

*schmiemiel = an unlucky bungler, chump



any others I forgot?


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  • Re: sch....

    Sat, April 29, 2006 - 1:20 PM
    schmuck : jerk

    Does this have a literal meaning besides this?
    • Re: sch....

      Tue, May 2, 2006 - 3:13 PM
      according to wikipedia, Schmuck means jewel, or jewelry.

      i came across this in a search as well...just amusing but doesnt answer your question.

      www.peterme.com/archives/00000013.html
      ---
      "It's a Jewish word, like 'schmuck.'" "What does it mean 'schmuck'?" " A schmuck is someone who does something that you don't agree with." "Teach me another." "'Putz.'" "What does that mean?" "It's like 'schmuck.'" "Teach me another." "'Schmendrik.'" "What does that mean?" "It's also like 'schmuck.'" "Do you know any words that are not like 'schmuck'?" He pondered for a moment. "'Shalom,'" he said, "but that's Hebrew, not Yiddish. The Eskimos have four hundred words for snow and the Jews have four hundred words for schmuck."
    • Re: sch....

      Sat, June 23, 2007 - 7:11 PM
      a jewish friend once told me it was the piece of foreskin thrown away after a circumcision, in other words, worthless cruft.
      • Re: sch....

        Sat, June 23, 2007 - 7:12 PM
        > a jewish friend once told me it was the piece of foreskin thrown away after a circumcision, in other words, worthless cruft.

        schmuck, that is
        damn unweidly tribe threading
  • Re: sch....

    Fri, May 26, 2006 - 2:09 AM
    Schism, scheme, scholar, schmooze, shtick, schadenfreude, and schwa. :) These words could make a wicked tongue twister.
  • Re: sch....

    Tue, January 30, 2007 - 7:39 PM

    school.

    schizophrenia.

    schemozzle.

    I just typed in 'sch' into this dictionary program I have on mac that I got from some widgets download page... I would say a few hundred words popped up.. I would also say a good portion of them are variations on one word.. for example:
    schedular
    schedule
    scheduled
    scheduled caste
    scheduled casters
    scheduler(s)
    scheduling
    yada yada yada
    (did I use that correctly?)

    schwa | sh wä| noun Phonetics the unstressed central vowel (as in a mom e nt a go), represented by the symbol (ə) in the International Phonetic Alphabet. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'.

    love the schism though.
    • Re: sch....

      Fri, February 2, 2007 - 9:23 PM
      Schemozzle is my new favorite word - I'd never heard that one!
      • Re: sch....

        Fri, June 15, 2007 - 1:37 PM
        In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa can mean:

        An unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound in any language, often but not necessarily a mid-central vowel. Such vowels are often transcribed with the symbol <ə>, regardless of their actual phonetic value.
        The mid-central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart, stressed or unstressed. In IPA phonetic transcription, it is written as <ə>. In this case the term mid-central vowel may be used instead of schwa to avoid ambiguity.
        etc.
  • Re: sch....

    Fri, June 22, 2007 - 9:20 AM
    *Shill

    One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.

    Kinda like a shyster

    There's no sch but sh is the phoneme for sch.

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