shmoo/schmoo, revealed

I don't like not knowing what things mean. And I didn't want to get excited and start using a word that actually meant feces or something.

Wikipedia says:

A shmoo is a fictional cartoon creature, created and first drawn by the cartoonist Al Capp in his newspaper comic strip Li'l Abner. The shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs, but no arms. They reproduce asexually, and are very prolific. They require no sustenance of any kind.

This frightened me. So I read on...

"Schmoo" is also an endearing term for a pudgy human child. I.E. "What a cute little "Schmoo" you have."

Whew!