Joe Shmoe
FICTIONAL NAME REPRESENTING ANYBODY OR NO ONE IN PARTICULAR
Joe Schmoe; Joe Schmo; Joe Smoe; Joe schmo; Joe schmoe; Joe Shmo; Joe shmo; Joe shmoe; Joseph Shmoe
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").