Home › Words › S › schmegeggyschmegeggy/ʃməˈɡɛɡi/schmegeggy means an idiot; a jerk.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, schmegeggy ranks #3,411 of 42,749 for Qualifying.schmegeggy is pronounced /ʃməˈɡɛɡi/.EtymologyFrom Yiddish שמעגעגע (shmegege).nounAn idiot; a jerk.e.g.“Her lover she calls me, while her husband is listening on the other extension! And it never occurs to her, if I’m her lover, who is he, the schmegeggy she lives with?” — 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).