I've called a person or two Schnooky Poo or Schnooky Wookums. That sort of thing. But little did I know what I was saying:
schnook : an easily imposed-upon or cheated person, a pitifully meek person, a particularly gullible person (perhaps from Yiddish שנוק shnuk 'snout'; cf. Northern German Schnucke 'sheep') (OED)
Who knew? Yay for Yiddish.
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