Yiddish Words

Dennis L. (United States of America)
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  1. schemozzle
    (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess
  2. schlemiel
    (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
  3. schmear
    (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together
  4. schtik
    (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
  5. shmaltz
    excessive sappiness or sentimentality in art or music
  6. shmegegge
    (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense
  7. shmo
    (Yiddish) a jerk
  8. shmuck
    (Yiddish) a jerk
  9. shtik
    (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
  10. tsatske
    (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
  11. chachka
    (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Created on Tue May 06 23:33:27 EDT 2008 (updated Thu Jan 28 01:37:41 EST 2010)

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