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Search - Drek: The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
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Drek The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You Author: One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the exp... more »
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It's a kick. Brings you back to your family's roots.
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- Education & Reference >> Foreign Language Study & Reference >> Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses >> Yiddish
- Education & Reference >> Dictionaries & Thesauruses >> Slang & Idioms
- Education & Reference >> Foreign Language Study & Reference >> Instruction >> Yiddish
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