Kindle-Schmindle and the Art of Shm-reduplication
People have written in a couple of times asking about my use of language in the post "Kindle Schmindle".
One person asked me what 'schmindle' meant or whether it's a "yiddish joke". Another praised me for "correct Yiddoshy slang" though they wondered whether the correct version was 'SCHM___' or 'SCHW___'
Since I want to spare myself having to say, 'of course it's a yiddish joke, haven't you ever heard it on tv?, I actually looked the thing up.
And wouldn't you know, there's a Wikipedia Page on it called, "Shm-reduplication". The page explains:
"The construction is generally used to indicate irony, derision or s[k]epticism with respect to comments about the discussed object..."
So all I can say is, thank you Wikipedia for this service to humanity!
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