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shnook; schnook
noun
an inoffensive, unassertive person; a “nobody” US, 1948
American Yiddish coinage.- Then we still have “gung ho” (all for it), “real crazy,” “riot” which to teenagers means lots of fun, “fantabulous,” “real nervous,” “mystery meat” (meat loaf, stew or almost any meat concoction), “nervous breakdown” (rushing around too much), and “schnook” for someone you don’t like. — Washington Post, p. F1, 29 September 1957
- He thinks anything peculiar or unpleasant will just go away if he turns on the radio and some little schnook starts singing. — J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey, p. 82, 1961
- [T]he bridegroom shnooks never could knot a good tie. — Stephen Longstreet, The Flesh Peddlers, p. 162, 1962
- Jack Benny on radio, 9 October, 1951: “Don’t be such an apologetic shnook.” — Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish, p. 368, 1968
- He couldn’t help feeling like a schnook, though, when he thought about Marlene and that whole bit, because he’d never even tried to get in touch with her, after he’d split from the condo[.] — Cyra McFadden, The Serial, p. 75, 1977
- I’m an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. — Goodfellas, 1990
- Call me crazy, but I like Dougie. He might be a shnook and a schemer, but he was kind of an okay shnook and schemer. — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 50, 2001
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