What is "shmevidence"?
Hello. I’m Japanese student. I’m learning English, and I like to watch movies so I often watch movies in English with subtitles. When I was watching “Despicable Me 2”, its hero Gru said “evidence shmevidence”. I didn’t know the word “shmevidence”, so I looked into it in dictionary but I couldn’t find it. What does this word mean? It’s a kind of English slang? Or I guess “shm-” might have specific meanings. I’m glad if anybody could tell me about this. Thank you.
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Yes, it is a form of slang. People use "shm-" to ridicule or disregard someone else's idea or suggestion which they don't find important, worthy of consideration, etc. It is used in the construction you mentioned from the movie: [original word] + [shm original word again, or sometimes replacing the first syllable].
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