Drek!

The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Hebrew & Yiddish, Dictionaries, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
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Author: Yetta Emmes ISBN: 9781440621154
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: December 1, 1998
Imprint: Plume Language: English
Author: Yetta Emmes
ISBN: 9781440621154
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: December 1, 1998
Imprint: Plume
Language: English

One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.

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One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.

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