schmear

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together

Word Origin

schmear (n.)
1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from Middle High German smiren, from Old High German smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); compare slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire affair" is attested from 1969, originally show business jargon,

Example

1. I 'm going to teach you how to schmear .

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