Definition of a Joe Schmoe

Joe Schmoe    

noun

• a stand-in name used to represent the everyman.

                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Jackson's funeral too over the top", Times Record News, Lana Sweeten-Shults, July 12, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.

  Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 30 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'dude, person of unspecified gender':
wuppie	Definitions include: young, semi-hip, web site professionals. Note: usually used in a derogatory manner.
head	Definitions include: a person who has both street and book knowledge.
dawg	Definitions include: alternate spelling of dog.
hoss	Definitions include: to annoy someone.
peach	Definitions include: a sweet or nice person.
bottle blonde	Definitions include: a person who dyes their hair blonde.
son	Definitions include: friend; "dude".
pineapple	Definitions include: genitalia.
dude	Definitions include: a male.
old fart	Definitions include: an elderly person.
coot	Definitions include: an old male.
egg	Definitions include: to throw (usually raw) eggs at.
boss	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
stick	Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
pom	Definitions include: a British person.
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Other terms relating to 'joe':
average joe	Definitions include: a normal male.
cup of Joe	Definitions include: a cup of Joe, i.e. coffee.
Joe	Definitions include: coffee.
Joe Blow	Definitions include: the average male.
joe job	Definitions include: Internet spam with a forged "From:" address.
Joe Six-pack	Definitions include: the average male.
Shotgun Joe	Definitions include: This is the nickname of Vice President Joseph Biden, due to his advocacy for shotguns, in home defense.
sideways sloppy joe	Definitions include: vagina.
walk away Joe	Definitions include: A young man who is not respectable, and a young man who has or will behave irresponsibly in a relationship.
Other terms relating to 'schmoe':
schmoe	Definitions include: a general insult.

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