This week's theme: Words from Yiddish. schnook (shnook) noun
A stupid, easily deceived person. [From Yiddish shnuk (snout) or from German schnucke (a small sheep).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=schnook -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "A gun-toting schnook became an embarrassing crook when he robbed a Spokane dollar store Sunday. Seriously, if you're going to commit a Class A felony, you might as well rob a Class A joint." Frank Sennett; Dollar-Store Thief Bucks Common Sense; Spokesman Review (Washington); Mar 9, 2007. Sponsored by: Senseo® Single Serve Coffee Pod System Giveaway! Click here for details: http://www.sharesenseo.com/index.jsp?q=a-awad2 Announce your products, services, or message here. Reach more than 600,000 people in this space. Write to: sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ I come from a people who gave the Ten Commandments to the world. Time has come to strengthen them by three additional ones, which we ought to adopt and commit ourselves to: thou shall not be a perpetrator; thou shall not be a victim; and thou shall never, but never, be a bystander. -Yehuda Bauer, professor (b. 1926) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/schnook.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/schnook.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/schnook.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
