schmuckiness

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From schmucky +‎ -ness. First use appears c. 1961 as shmuckiness.

Noun

schmuckiness (uncountable)

  1. (slang, derogatory) The state of being schmucky, of being a schmuck; jerkiness, stupidity, foolishness, ineptitude.
    • 1966, Realist Association (publisher), The Realist‎[1], numbers 64-85, page 19:
      But on his second tour of the housing developments - that's when the first little bit of schmuckiness started creeping in.
    • 1971, Jules Feiffer's screenplay for Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge:
      [Jack Nicholson's character Jonathan:] Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.
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