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To: nickcarraway

Yiddish is the perfect language of disdain. “Schmuck,” “schlemiel,” “putz,” “bupkus”, “tookus,” “schlep,” “shiksa,” ... what great words! It would be a shame to lose that lexicon.


2 posted on 09/02/2013 3:28:45 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: IronJack

“Yiddish is the perfect language of disdain.”

Best summary of the day! It’s amazing how many colorful words of disdain have schlepped into our daily language.


5 posted on 09/02/2013 3:52:14 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: IronJack
Yiddish is the perfect language of disdain. “Schmuck,” “schlemiel,” “putz,” “bupkus”, “tookus,” “schlep,” “shiksa,” ... what great words! It would be a shame to lose that lexicon.

You forgot schmendrick!

8 posted on 09/02/2013 4:59:12 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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