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  • January 18, 2009 at 4:31 am #74407
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    Can we rehabilitate the word "schmoe", then?

    From what Alex was saying, I think that's pretty much what has happened, and you can light-heartedly refer to someone as a schmoe and they wouldn't be offended. But my problem is that the word schmoe still has its original meaning of jerk or loser, so there's always going to be that negative connotation if we continue to use it.

    January 18, 2009 at 4:26 pm #74408
    AlexG
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    For those unafraid to courageously announce it to the entire world, shall earn the rank of ascended. 

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
    ~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

    January 18, 2009 at 8:41 pm #74409
    Jon Saul
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    I like the cut of your jib, AlexG.  😉
    Assign different positive levels to it, and the word becomes a mark of pride.
    I'm reminded how certain minorities/lifestyles have taken insulting terms and made them their own.

    February 5, 2009 at 11:32 pm #74410
    startingstrength
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    To revive an old topic, anyone know who that asian natural bodybuilder was?

    January 24, 2019 at 8:01 am #142767
    Bane Dorrance
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dLH0Iwlss&t=84s

    October 17, 2020 at 1:58 pm #148474
    Bane Dorrance
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    http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp/26075262#26075262

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