Trying to ridicule a person or thing by repeating
twice, but during the second repetition replace the first consonant(s) with s-h-m.
Often used by speakers or decendents of
people who speak Yiddish and
German. Since a lot of words an names start with shm.
Hugo: You know you really shouldn't do that any more. You might go to prison.
Chester: Prison Shmison.
Hugo: No seriously man. I think I saw a
cop.
Chester:
Cop shmop
Hugo: You know, that doesn't always
work. You can't solve all your problems by word shmerding them.