I couldn’t decide on the vocabulary word for today:

PRONUNCIATION:
(puh-GROM, POH-gruhm)

MEANING:
noun: An organized massacre, officially tolerated or encouraged, against a particular group.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Yiddish pogrom, from Russian pogrom (destruction). Earliest documented use: 1891.

NOTES:
The word is usually applied to the massacre of Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

USAGE:
“Kyrgyz nationalists unleashed a ferocious pogrom against the Uzbekh minority.”
Misha Glenny; Life in Putin’s Russia; The Irish Times (Dublin); Oct 29, 2011.

and/or

schmo or schmoe or shmo

PRONUNCIATION:
(shmo)

MEANING:
noun: A stupid, boring, or obnoxious person.

ETYMOLOGY:
A truncated form of schmuck (an idiot), from Yiddish schmok (pen is). Earliest documented use: 1948.

NOTES:
The word is also used in the phrase Joe Schmo, as a more colorful synonym for John Doe.

USAGE:
“Just because I work at a bar does not mean I want to date every schmo that walks in here.”
Joey Guerra; Bartender Confessions: Jodi Minear; Houston Chronicle (Texas); Dec 9, 2010.