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The origin of Capp's word "shmoo" has been the subject of linguistic consideration by scholars for decades.. It has been speculated by that shmoo was a thinly veiled phallic symbol, and that the name derives from Yiddish schmuck meaning ‘male genitalia’ or a ‘fool, contemptuous person’ (Arthur Asa Berger and Allan H. Orrick of Johns Hopkins).
Cover of the comic book "THE SHMOO" The plot takes its name from the Shmoo, a fictional species created by Al Capp in the cartoon Li'l Abner.These small, blob-like creatures have shapes similar to the "working" volumes that would be enclosed by shmoo plots drawn against three independent variables (such as voltage, temperature, and response speed).
Shmoo is a cartoon character created by Al Capp in the strip Li'l Abner. Shmoo or Schmoo may refer to: Shmoos, nickname of the Cosmic Ray Detection Units of CHICOS (California High School Cosmic Ray Observatory) Shmoo plot, an electrical engineering graphical display of the response of a component or system
Joe Shmoe (also spelled Joe Schmoe and Joe Schmo), meaning "Joe Anybody", or no one in particular, is a commonly used fictional name in American English. Adding a "Shm" to the beginning of a word is meant to diminish, negate, or dismiss an argument (for instance, "Rain, shmain, we've got a game to play").
emember "Rumplestiltskin"? An impish man offers to help a girl with the . impossible chore she's been tasked with: spinning heaps of straw into gold. It's a story that's likely to give independent women the jitters; living beholden to a demanding king and a conniving mythical creature is no one's idea of romance.
A shmoo is a projection of the cellular membrane which is the site of initial cell fusion in plasmogamy. After plasmogamy, the microtubule plus ends continue to grow towards the opposite pronucleus. It is thought that the growing plus end of the microtubule attaches directly to the motor protein of the opposite pronucleus, triggering a ...
Although Li'l Abner was heavily merchandised in the 1940s and 1950s (especially the Shmoo), Fosdick products are relatively rare and highly valued by collectors. There was a rubber Halloween mask manufactured by Topstone, and a chalkware statue of the character was issued by Artrix Products in 1951.
The New Shmoo is an American animated television series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by Al Capp, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22 to December 15, 1979. [1] The New Shmoo was broadcast as a stand-alone half-hour series from September 22 to December 1, 1979. [2]