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Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Hellsangel Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:45 am
Il Professore, have you ever thought about getting into quantitative research at a financial firm like some of the other esteemed academics?
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Rishi Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:32 pm
Schmuck or shmuck in American English is a pejorative meaning an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person, or one who is stupid or foolish. The word entered English from Yiddish, where it has similar pejorative meanings, but its original meaning in Yiddish is penis.[1][2] Because of its vulgarity,[3] the word is euphemized as schmoe, which was the source of Al Capp's cartoon strip creature the shmoo.[4] Variants include schmo and shmo.
In Jewish homes, the word was "regarded as so vulgar as to be taboo."[5] Lenny Bruce, a Jewish standup comedian, wrote that the use of the word during his performances in 1962 led to his arrest on the West Coast "by a Yiddish undercover agent who had been placed in the club several nights running to determine if [his] use of Yiddish terms was a cover for profanity."[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative)
In Jewish homes, the word was "regarded as so vulgar as to be taboo."[5] Lenny Bruce, a Jewish standup comedian, wrote that the use of the word during his performances in 1962 led to his arrest on the West Coast "by a Yiddish undercover agent who had been placed in the club several nights running to determine if [his] use of Yiddish terms was a cover for profanity."[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative)
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Petrichor Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:38 pm
This must be a classic Hellcat gambit. To understand it, first some definition:
schmuck
/SHmək/
Noun
A foolish or contemptible person.
The idea is to ask an ostensibly serious question and hope the moniker 'schmuck' will then become a self-admission when the Professor replies.
What a goy schmuck!!!
schmuck
/SHmək/
Noun
A foolish or contemptible person.
The idea is to ask an ostensibly serious question and hope the moniker 'schmuck' will then become a self-admission when the Professor replies.
What a goy schmuck!!!
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Rishi Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:45 pm
atcg wrote:This must be a classic Hellcat gambit. To understand it, first some definition:
schmuck
/SHmək/
Noun
A foolish or contemptible person.
The idea is to ask an ostensibly serious question and hope the moniker 'schmuck' will then become a self-admission when the Professor replies.
What a goy schmuck!!!
The professor is a grown up man. He knows what he is doing. And he must have his own reasons for making his life choices.
Why ask?
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Hellsangel Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:04 pm
atcg wrote:
The idea is to ask an ostensibly serious question and hope the moniker 'schmuck' will then become a self-admission when the Professor replies.
So much moral outrage! So many strategic calculations! Watching TUS too many times....
https://such.forumotion.com/t8914-mba-to-do-or-not-to-do-please-suggest#68916
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Petrichor Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:18 pm
New Miranda for you:
"Any self deprecating humor you deploy, can and will be used by the most petty people with an Excel sheet noting down everything you say."
"Any self deprecating humor you deploy, can and will be used by the most petty people with an Excel sheet noting down everything you say."
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Hellsangel Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:22 pm
atcg wrote:New Miranda for you:
"Any self deprecating humor you deploy, can and will be used by the most petty people with an Excel sheet noting down everything you say."
Watching too much Law & Order too!
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Petrichor Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:27 pm
Are you still memorizing Prometheus?!
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Hellsangel Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:28 pm
Nah! I have moved on to AVP now.atcg wrote:Are you still memorizing Prometheus?!
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by garam_kuta Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:18 pm
Hellsangel wrote:Il Professore, have you ever thought about getting into quantitative research at a financial firm like some of the other esteemed academics?
I would, if those schmucks let you delineate vibrational polynomials in banach space, to put your tax $$ to work
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Re: Talking about schmucks who have tenure....
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:24 pm
Hellsangel wrote:Il Professore, have you ever thought about getting into quantitative research at a financial firm like some of the other esteemed academics?
He would rather be a schmuck than a Wall-Street Looter.
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