Yinglish: Yiddish Influence On The English Language


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By Chosen One on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 04:10 pm:

    Yiddish is a mixture of High-German & Hebrew. A language that has managed to find its way into English usage. e.g. shmuck (idiot, male genitalia), klutz (uncoordinated), mazel-tov! (congrats), oy vay! (oh my god, wow, exultation), hoo-ha! (exultation, Al Pacino's famous line in Scent Of A Woman), Tushy (aka tuchis, ass, buttocks), farbissiner (ugly, mean, character in Austin Powers 2 "Frau Farbissiner"), Goy (gentile, non-Jew), shvitz (sweat), kibitz (joke), tushy/tuchis (buttocks, behind), dreck (garbage, crap), chutzpa (balls, nerve), bagel (round loaf of bread), shlep (carry, burden), shtup (screw, f*ck), shlemiel (silly person), plotz (die), meshuggener (crazy person), nosh (eat, snack), faygeleh (fag), boo-boo (injury, error), pish (urinate), cockamamy (bull, false), shvartzer (black), shmooz (idle talk), Shiksa (non-Jewish woman), shnoz (nose), Kosher (cool, clean), shtick (gimmick, trick), putz (idiot, genitals), etc, etc. In the end, I defy anyone to deny having ever uttered a Yiddish word. Whether directly or indirectly, everyone has spoken it!! As we see, Jews have even been able to exert an influence on the English language!!!!! Another Yidism (heh) is the combining of one word with a similar sounding Yiddish word. e.g. REVOLUTION, SHMEVOLUTION!eheheh


By Dougie on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 04:25 pm:

    Helen Keller probably never uttered much Yiddish.


By Cat on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 06:17 pm:

    Fuck you, you tuchis


By Nate on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 06:45 pm:

    tushy is up there twice.

    why?

    i bought a new bass amp. 400w 2x10. i bought a 15 too, so i could stack them up and look cooler.

    and i bought a new bass.

    now i am ready to be a buttrocker.


By patrick on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 07:24 pm:

    what kind?


By Nate on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 07:25 pm:

    4 string fender american deluxe j-bass.

    the 2x10 is actually 600w. David Eden.

    the 15 is SWR.




By moonit on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 02:42 am:

    I thought Patrick meant what kind of buttrocker.


By Nate on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 11:01 am:

    how many kinds of buttrocker are there?


By patrick on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 11:21 am:

    maybe she knows something we don't


By Jim aka Pajama on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 05:05 pm:

    did someone say "buttrocker?"

    man. it took y'all long enought to say the magic word that would end my self-imposed banishment from sorabji.com.

    *g*


By patrick on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 05:11 pm:

    JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



By Nate on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 05:14 pm:

    holy shit, where the hell have you been man?


By Czarina on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 06:21 pm:

    Yay!!!!!!!I've you missed since our last tete' tete',New Years wasn't it?Welcome back.Maybe you can add some decorum to this madness. :)


By wisper on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 07:51 pm:

    jimmmy jim jim...why did you go away? to leave us here all alone? Did the taste of hot fuck finally prove too much for you?


By Jim aka Pajama on Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 10:52 am:

    LOL Yes, I am momentarily back... y'alls will dictate how long. ;-)

    Work's just been mightee mightee busy... spent a hellacious horrific summer,fall,winter on the campaign trail.

    Patrick- how them photoooooo's comin'? You still doin' soft porno? *g* how's the missus?

    nate- Work's just been mightee mightee busy... spent a hellacious horrific summer,fall,winter on the campaign trail. and, I've tried to get a life away from the mighty pc. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

    Czarina- why for dontcha play scrabble with me no more?

    wisper- hot fuck NEVER proves too much for me. just ask the hot parisian guy I met in NYC this past weekend. YOWZA!

    How are you all?


By patrick on Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 11:11 am:

    well...not doing so many nasty images really....a smorgas borg of personal projects...everything from conceptual to fashion to movie/set stills. the mrs is good...she finally left her job and started her own company. its steadily picking up momentum and the should really gain speed after we attend the industries largest convention in Vegas in August....MAGIC. so things are content...and well.


By J on Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 11:16 am:

    I'm glad your back Jim,my life is the same..madness.New member in my family, Orion 3 months old,I babysit him during the day,he's a doll.Amee,her boyfriend and the baby moved back here and Heather so I haven't been able to post much as they have taken over my computer room,it's already old.I never had that empty nest syndrome when they left,not too happy they are back,but I am happy you are.


By Czarina on Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 12:39 pm:

    Kind sir,I am at your beck and call.I'm up for the challenge!


By Jim aka Pajama on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 08:24 am:

    You shall find it in the "join a game" section, your highness! :)


By Czarina on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 12:03 pm:

    I'll go and sign up now!


By Jim aka Pajama on Wednesday, May 30, 2001 - 10:50 pm:

    Patrick: btw, I have one of your photos framed in my office at work. :)


By patrick on Thursday, May 31, 2001 - 11:09 am:

    the flower one? your the best jim!


By Nate on Thursday, May 31, 2001 - 01:31 pm:

    i'd frame and hang one of your photos patrick. if i had one.


By patrick on Thursday, May 31, 2001 - 01:58 pm:

    just maybe i'll send you one if you give me an idea of what you might like. i have a hand full of 11x 14 prints lying around...email me with a suggestion of what you'd like to hang.


By Jim aka Pajama on Tuesday, June 5, 2001 - 05:12 pm:

    that's the one, patrick! I love it. :)


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