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  1. Used to form a reduplicated rhyming compound of any word in order to express disparagement, dismissal or derision
"I have to tell you, madam, that your son is suffering from an Oedipus complex." "Oedipus, Schmoedipus! What does it matter, so long as he loves his mother?" — Jewish joke
Etymology: Imitative of many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck


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