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shmoo

shmoo
 adj.— «Aidan got many, many DVDs and videogames, all of which were deemed either “Sweet” or “Shmoo” by him. (I’m told “shmoo” is some new word in preteen boy patois, and it is apparently a synonym for “sweet.”)» —“Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.” by avalonjones Do Fury Honor Dec. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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