Erev Shabbat Jewish Blogging

[gnomi]

Sort of an odd one today. cshiley has asked for a list of Hebrew/Yiddish things that a "very very old" Jewish man might use in regular conversation. I've come up with some, but I'm wondering if anyone has more to contribute. My list (with translations and examples) is:

-- Oy (and/or "oy vey")
-- Gevalt (paired with "oy" or not)
-- Shvitz (to sweat) (as in, "It's too hot in here. I'm shvitzing like nobody's business)
-- Schlep (literally, to drag; used to mean "to drag oneself [a far distance]" but can be both a verb and a noun) (as in, "I don't want to go there; it's too far a schlep" or "Do you really want me to schlep that big rock up that hill?")

But that's just off the top of my head.

Anyone else have suggestions?

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[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

"Don't hoch my kishkes! I'll do it already!"

Literally, "Don't chop up my insides!" It means, basically, leave me alone. I use this phrase regularly and I'm not an old Jewish man. I just play one on TV. Or something.