The joys of Yiddish
a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew and Yinglish words often encountered in English ... from the days of the Bible to those of the beatnik
Yiddish language
Influence on English
Jewish wit and humor
Foreign words and phrases
Glossaries, vocabularies
Humor, general
Humor
English language
Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express anything from ecstasy to horror? Here are words heard 'round the English-speaking world:…
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