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Cholent Society at Cambridge University "Devoted to the consumption of Cholent - a simmering stupendously stonking stew comprised of...." Graphic and fun.
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| UNOFFICIAL GOYIM'S GUIDE TO YIDDISH |
| Word | Definition | Example |
| Alter kakher | Old fart | |
| Beheyme | Animal, ignorant drudge | |
| Bob(kes) | beans, nothing | He gave me bobkes. |
| Bobbe mysa | a "tall" story | That story was no bobbe mysa. |
| Chalcious | ugly | That tablecloth is chalcious. |
| Chiam Yankel | A half-wit | |
| Chutzpah | nerve | She has a lot of chutzpah to talk like that! |
| Farbisener | A sour person | |
| Farbisine | bitter | Don't be so farbisine. |
| Farblondzhet | all mixed up | I got all farblondzhet. |
| Farkatk(e) | lousy, ridiculous | That's a farkatk(e) idea. |
| Ferklempt | bummed out, bad mood | She looks very ferklempt. |
| Freser | An overeater | |
| Ganif (gonif) | thief | Don't be such a ganif. |
| Gelt | money | I got a lot of gelt for Hanukah. |
| Genuk | enough | I've had genuk out of you today! |
| Gey shlofn | go to sleep | Gey shlofn! |
| Glick | happiness | Glick in the office makes for glick the home. |
| Golem | clumsy & sluggish; zombie | The guy I work with is a real golem. |
| Goyim | non-Jewish people | The place was full of goyim. |
| Goyish(e) | mind of a goyim | He's got a real goyishe kup. |
| Grober yung | A crude youth | |
| Handl | bargain (verb) | I you handl long enough, you'll get a good price. |
| Kakameyme | crazy | He's got kakameyme ideas. |
| Khalere | A nervous wreck | |
| Khazer | selfish person; a pig | He eats like a khazer. |
| Khazerai | junk | The dollar store is full of khazerai. |
| Khokhme | bright idea | That's a real old khokhme. |
| Kholem | dream | That's a kholem of a house! |
| Khutspe | unmitigated gall | Oy, have you got a lot of khutspe! |
| Kibitz | to meddle | She likes to kibitz with everyone at the office. |
| Klutz | A Clumsy person | |
| Koonts | an accomplishmnt | It was a real koonts to finally reach you on the phone. |
| Kreftig | hearty | That is some kreftig soup! |
| Kvetch | complainer | Don't be such a kvetch. |
| Kvell | to glow with pride | Oy, I could kvell watching those kids in the play. |
| Landtslayt | from your home town | They're landtslayt. |
| Makheteyneste | inlaws | Makheteyneste are coming.(male=mkhutn) |
| Makhn ashen porach | destroy | He'll makhn ashen porach out of that report! |
| Mamzer | born out of wedlock; bastard | He's a mamzer. |
| Maven | connoisseur | She's quite the maven when it comes to wine. |
| Mazel tov | congratulations | Mazel tov on the new baby. |
| Meeskite (misskayt) | unattractive, ugly person | The daughter is a real meeskite. |
| Megillah | a long story | I had to sit and and listen to the whole megillah. |
| Mekhaye | particularly delicious | That dinner was a mekhaye |
| Mentch | a nice gentleman | He was such a mentsch. |
| Meshungina | crazy person | He acts like a real meshungina. |
| Metziah | bargain (noun) | That store has a great metziah on shoes. |
| Mezumen | cash | I have to borrow some mezumen from the bank. |
| Mishigas | craziness | What kind of mishigas is that? |
| Mishmash | hodge-podge | There's a whole mishmash of words here. |
| Mishpacha | family | Bring the whole mishpacha. |
| Mitzvah | good deed | Your visiting me was a real mitzvah! |
| Moyshe Pupik | A jerk | |
| Nachas | joy | I get such nachas from putting these words down. |
| Nebish | little nerd; a loser | He is such a nebish. |
| Nosh | a snack; to snack | We'll have a little nosh and then we'll talk. |
| Nosher | nibbler | I'm a nosher all morning long. |
| Nudge | Nudnick | A pest, a bore |
| Nudnick | pest | Stop being a nudnick and leave me alone! |
| Nukshleper | A hanger on | |
| Ongapatchka | a little too much | That outfit is a little ongapatchka |
| Paskudnyak | Horrible person | |
| Pisher | Wet behind the ears | |
| Pisk | big mouth | Let's hope he doesn't open up that pisk. |
| Plotz | burst | You'll laugh until you plotz. |
| Prosteun | Unrefined | |
| Pupick | belly buton | You could see her pupick. |
| Schlecht | bad | That restaurant is generally schlecht. |
| Schlemiel (shlemeel) | dope, fool, fumbler | He's a real schlemiel - always screwing up! |
| Schlep | to drag | I had to schlep it across town |
| Schmendrick (shmendrek) | fool; a jerk | The kid is a real schmendrick. |
| Schmuck | Asshole | |
| Schnorrer (shnorrer) | beggar, moocher | That guy is a real schnorrer. |
| Schvigger | mother in law | The schvigger is coming. |
| Schvitz | sweating | Oy, am I schvitz(ing). |
| Shayna ponim | pretty face | Oh, shayna punim. |
| Sheygets | non-Jewish male | She married a sheygets. |
| Shicker (shiker) | drunkard | That shicker has had too much to drink. |
| Shikse | non-Jewish female | He's going out with a shikse. |
| Shlemazl | unlucky person | The poor shlemazl had his car stolen. |
| Shlump | A slob | |
| Shmatahs | rags | Your clothes look like shmatahs. |
| Shmuz | dirt | It's covered with shmuz. |
| Shpilkes | nervous energy | I had shpilkes before the interview. |
| Shtarker | A thug a hoodlum | |
| Shtick holtz | A person with no personality | |
| Shtick | routine | So, that's his shtick. |
| Shtinker | A squealer, a stool pigeon | |
| Shvartza | Black person, Negro | |
| Shver | father in law | My shver is a nice enough guy. |
| Shvuntz | Without courage, no guts | |
| Tochus leker | A brown noser, ass kisser | |
| Traif | non-kosher | That food is traif. |
| Tsatskele | A bimbo | |
| Tsibeleh | onion | It will taste better if you spice it up with some tsibeleh. |
| Tsigangnye bobkelekh | small portions | Don't worry - you'll get tsigangnye bobkelekh. |
| Tsuris | troubles | That car gives me nothing but tsuris! |
| Tuchis | tush | I'll pinch your tuchis. |
| Tuml | noise, confusion | There's a lot of tuml coming from the kid's rooms. |
| Utzing | needling, bothering | Stop utzing me. |
| Vilde chayea | A wild animal, a savage | |
| Yente | A busybody, a gossip | |
| Zay gezundt | bless you (when you sneeze). | |
| Zhlub | A crude, unrefined person |
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