Schmuckraker: All the News Unfit to Print

All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Washington D.C. puzzled by snow

The Wall Street JOURNAL on the 'mountain' of snow built in the nation's capital..

PHOTO: Brendan Hoffman for The Wall Street Journal

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schmuck -shmuhk-
a noun Slang. an obnoxious or contemptible person.
Origin:
1890-95; Yiddish shmok (vulgar) lit., penis of uncert. orig.

MUCKRAKER: A muckraker seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public
Origin:
Theodore Roosevelt used the term muckrake in a 1906 speech in which he agreed with the accusations of muckrakers, but questioned their methods

Schmuckraker:
A website dedicated to expanding knowledge of readers by muckraking and focusing on schmucks of society
Origin:
1998 school newspaper in Northeastern Pennsylvania

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