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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:03 PM
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I'm interested in learning common Yiddish words. What's a "shameil"?
meshuganer crazy person
shmuck idiot, jerk
shlep to truge, carry (oneself)
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:03 PM
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1. And what's a schmazel?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:04 PM
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3. Hotsenfafel incorporate.....
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:08 PM
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6. I think it's either the word for
Laverne or the one for Shirley...:evilgrin:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:10 PM
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8. I always wondered why an obviously Italian woman
from how the show was written, would sing a Yiddish song to begin with!
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:04 PM
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2. It's "schlemiel."
Redstone
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:05 PM
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4. Ah, you're right! now I can look it up--shlimil, a bungler or
Edited on Fri Dec-02-05 06:09 PM by mistertrickster
ineffectual person.

George W. Bush . . . what a shlimil!
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:08 PM
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7. Same as a schmuck, more or less. But a schlemiel is more of a schmoozer,
whereas a schmuck is annoying.

Redstone
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:10 PM
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9. schmoozer . . . that's probably another yiddish word, isn't it nt
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:12 PM
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11. Yes, but a schmeckel is worse than all the others.
Redstone
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:16 PM
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12. Oh, heh, another penis variation. Have to remember that one. nt
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:27 PM
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13. We got tons of 'em, bubeleh.
Redstone
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:07 PM
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5. all I know about yiddish
is that they have more slang terms for "penis" than you would believe....
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 06:11 PM
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10. Yeah, putz is a famous one . . . nt
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