shmo

Related to shmo: schmoe

Joe Schmoe

An average person, especially a man and typically of the working class. Sometimes spelled "Joe Schmo," "Shmoe," and "Shmo." My brother's just your typical guy, a real Joe Schmoe—you can find him watching a sporting event in a bar after work pretty much any night of the week. If we let Joe Shmo decide the policies in our country, we'd still be stuck in the 1800s.
See also: joe, Schmoe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Joe Schmoe

or

Joe Six-Pack

AMERICAN, INFORMAL
People say Joe Schmoe or Joe Six-Pack to refer to an ordinary, average person. The networks are looking for something they can sell to Joe Schmoe who lives in a caravan in Alabama. The most crucial factor will be the attitude of Joe Six-Pack, the ordinary American consumer.
See also: joe, Schmoe
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

schmo

and shmo and shmoe and schmoe (ʃmo)
n. a foolish and naive person, usually a male. (see also Joe Schmo.) What a schmo! He thinks I caused the problem.

shmo

verb
See schmo
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • schmo
  • Schmoe
  • Shmoe
  • Joe Schmo
  • Joe Schmoe
  • skirt chaser
  • sponge on
  • sponge on (someone or something)
  • on (someone's or something's) dime
  • brainchild
References in periodicals archive
Because marketing SHMOs has proven to be so problematic and expensive, it is important to assess how many members a SHMO needs to break even financially.
Although exact numbers are not available, it appears that the two HMO-based plans could break even at around 2,000 members or less, but the two new SHMO models may need 3,000 to 5,000 members each.
The SHMO demonstration has been a more expensive venture than anticipated by government agencies and most provider sponsors, with deficits especially high at the two sites that formed new HMOs.
Even so, if tests of the SHMO concept are expanded, it is doubtful that the government would grant the same open-ended financial support.
Although the problems of losses and slow enrollment represent important learning, they may be overshadowed by other contributions that the SHMO demonstration can make in shaping policy and practice.
Perhaps the most important message of the data presented herein is that the costs of the SHMO's expanded LTB benefits are significant, but not beyond the reach of current streams of financing.
The central goal of the SHMO Consortium's research agenda is to study and improve the methods for managing expanded care services in a manner that furthers quality, equity, and efficiency.
Leutz, W.N., Abrahams, R., Greenlick, M., et al.: Targeting expanded care to the aged: Early SHMO experience.
Since mid-1987, SHMOs at all sites have been operating without the protection of risk sharing and will continue at full risk during the 4-year extension period.
* Has the performance of the SHMOs improved since assuming full risk?
* What is the break-even enrollment for SHMOs, and does this differ by model?
When the SHMOs began marketing in March 1985, Kaiser Permanente membership quickly outpaced the other three organizations, despite having the highest monthly member premium: $49 through 1987 and $57 for 1988 (Table 1).
The SHMOs are financed on a prepaid, capitated, at-risk basis through monthly premiums from Medicare, Medicaid, and members.
To compensate for the higher medical costs of community residents who are severely disabled, the AAPCC formula has been modified to pay SHMOs the higher institutional rate (about double the overall average of the AAPCC) for members who meet State criteria for being nursing home certified (NHC).
Financial performance in the social health maintenance organization, 1985-88