Schmuck is a Yiddish slang term for the penis. It was originally used by
Jewish Americans as an insult for stupid people, and has entered the
language of non-Jewish Americans as well. It does mean Jewelry in German,
but most Americans don¹t know that.
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On 10/12/16, 3:26 AM, "olympus on behalf of Ralf Loi"
<olympus-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf
of ralf_loi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Last Friday evening, I made this photograph of Sparta Cemetery in the
>small
>town of Kimmell, Indiana. Most of the gravestones were adorned with
>American
>flags. Check out the name on the tombstone in the foreground!
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>http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2495
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>
>Must be an American thing, because I don't get it.
>Schmuck is a German word and means jewelry.
>
>Ralf
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