On 11/11/16 12:36 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > > The most bizarre 'benefit' of CypherPunk list to foreign people like me is > learning new bad words and adjetives almost all the > weeks... :P > > Already knowed 'obtuse' because its writting and sound remembers a lot > 'obtuso' in Portuguese. The word is used the same way here. > > It's a pity to learn that 'Schmuck' is a bad word. It's a cute word, sounds > pretty good and it would be a great name to some food > or my future pet. Meh! :( > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_%28pejorative%29> >
As with other words, it can be used endearingly to mostly flip the meaning: Have a beer, you poor schmuck. sdw
