Sh Yiddish Words

Philip T.
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  1. schmear
    (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together
  2. shmegegge
    (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense
  3. shmaltz
    excessive sappiness or sentimentality in art or music
  4. schtik
    (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
  5. schemozzle
    (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
  6. shmo
    (Yiddish) a jerk
  7. schlemiel
    (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
  8. shmuck
    (Yiddish) a jerk
  9. shtik
    (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
  10. shmooze
    talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
  11. schmaltz
    excessive sappiness or sentimentality in art or music
  12. shemozzle
    (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
  13. shlimazel
    a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
  14. schmo
    (Yiddish) a jerk
Created on Sun May 04 18:07:38 EDT 2008

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