The (Non)definitive Guide To Yiddish

Sometimes you just need Yiddish to really get the job done. Don’t be a shtik fleisch mit tzvei eigen!

I know, right? Now tell your friends!
The (Non)definitive Guide To Yiddish
Marcelle Friedman

“Oy gevalt, Anne. Oy gevalt.”

“Zug gornisht! They can hear you.”

“Ron Burgundy fancies himself a big macher.”

“Oh boo hoo. What a groyser kunt.”

“A shaynem dank dir im pupik, Santa.”

“Oy gevalt, Kim. Don’t let that Kris make an agunah out of you!”

“Jude Law, dibst a manipulative, cheating shtick drek.”

“Was he really shtupping all of them?!? What bobkes (nonsense)!”

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“A choleryeh af dir, you back-stabbing shtick drek.”

“Of course they’ll keep shtupping around! After all, a chazer bleibt a chazer.”

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“Oy vey, buddy. We’re seriously ahf tzuris.”

“Woah, he is one badass alter kocker.”

“That Dowager Countess is one serious balabusta.”

“Shtup Ryan Gosling in a movie? Ot azoy!”

“Doctor, you’re a true balnes! This liquid facelift makes me look 10 years younger!”

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“You left me bubpkis? What a stingy ben zona!”

“Can’t you see I’m in crisis? Your girl problems are drek ahf a shpendel.”

“OMG. What a shtik fleisch mit tzvei eigen!”

MAZEL TOV!

In other words, congratulations and good luck! May Yiddish serve you well.

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    • Bubby Gram 2 weeks ago

      Actually, the term is “a groyser KUNST” (= a big work of art) And I would not call the Countess Dowager a ballabustah (a ball-buster, for sure, but NOT a ballabustah.) She does not cook, sew, keep house, etc. Now Martha Stewart! THAT’S a ballabustah! (see more at Bubby’s on-line Yiddish dictionary: http://www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm And get yourself a copy of Dirty Yiddish Slang: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1612430562/?tag=buzz0f-20

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