Shm-reduplication is a form of reduplication in which the original word or its first syllable (the base) is repeated with the copy (the reduplicant) beginning with shm- (sometimes schm-), . The construction is generally used to indicate irony, derision or scepticism with respect to comments about the discussed object::He's just a baby! » Baby-shmaby. He's already 5 years old! A classic example of shm-reduplication is "Latin schmatin", a slang phrase for binomial nomenclature. Phonological prope… (More on Shm-reduplication)