lemon schmush

[ARGMAN]

in friends sitcom, season 1 episode 17

when Ross dropped the cake after he was scared from the wrong "surprise" and the cake got ruined he said: "I got lemon schmush"

I think he meant like something related with "mashed" or something german? what did he mean exactly?

 

[sdgraham]

"Smush" is a relatively rare colloquial term for smash. See: http://www.yourdictionary.com/smush

 

[ARGMAN]

"Smush" is a relatively rare colloquial term for smash. See: http://www.yourdictionary.com/smush

as I thought. any thoughts why Ross said it "Schmush" ?

 

[pob14]

Probably because there is something inherently funny about the "Sch" sound in English.

 

[ewie]

Probably because there is something inherently funny about the "Sch" sound in English.

Shmush is funnier than mash, mush and smash.

 

[Dale Texas]

Another possible explanation based on my experience of living in New York City: Certain descendants of European ancestors sometimes kept the original German/Jewish/Yiddish pronunications in certain sh sounds and meanings, to the point that even New Yorkers without that ancestory would be corrected to change a "smear of cream cheese on my bagel" to say "schmear", and I would understand shmush or schmush to be more intense than mash or smash. I don't know if that happened in other big cities in the U.S., but it did in New York.

 

[ARGMAN]

Another possible explanation based on my experience of living in New York City: Certain descendants of European ancestors sometimes kept the original German/Jewish/Yiddish pronunications in certain sh sounds and meanings, to the point that even New Yorkers without that ancestory would be corrected to change a "smear of cream cheese on my bagel" to say "schmear", and I would understand shmush or schmush to be more intense than mash or smash. I don't know if that happened in other big cities in the U.S., but it did in New York.

I think this is what I was looking for! cheers