Shmendrik

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title: Shmendrik
text: Shmendrik, also rendered as schmendrick or shmendrick is a Yiddish word meaning a stupid person or a little hapless jerk. Its origin is the name of a clueless mama's boy played by Sigmund Mogulesko in an 1877 comedy Shmendrik, oder di komishe Chaseneh by Abraham Goldfaden. The play was inspired by a sketch presented by Mogulesco at an audition before Goldfaden. Since then the word was often used as a name in the works of Jewish humour. Regarding the perception of the word, The Joys of Yiddish le
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date created: 2023-12-30T23:49:51Z
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