Since we're talking Yiddish...

[SusanCalvin]

Found a fun quiz.

http://www.yiddishslangdictionary.com/

(I've been crazy about Yiddish since Leo Rosten's original _Joys of Yiddish_.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten

[Nye Bevan]

1. I love the words "schmuck" and "mensch" (nt)

[SusanCalvin]

2. How opposite can you get....!

[aidbo]

3. Fun!

Played for a while, I never would have guessed 'glitch' was of Yiddish origin.

[Matariki]

6. I got megillah right

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Holy Shit! Someone else knows "The Joys of Yiddish"?

We had that in our home library! I don't think I have ever encountered anyone familiar with the book (who wasn't Jewish). It is funny to see that title at DU.

[Matariki]

5. Raises hand

just look at the schmuck on that camel!

[Behind the Aegis]

8. It's funny you bring that up...I know why, of course.

I finally saw the actual clip today of Trump's remarks. I told my husband I thought the comment may have racial undertones as well as sexist overtones. Putz also means "penis", as well as, "a jerk", but putz is a "regular/average penis." Schlong however, usually, as we used to use it, means a big penis (dick). So....

[uriel1972]

7. I got one a few years ago...

It's not the original, it's "The New Joys of Yiddish", completely updated apparently. Revised by Lawrence Bush and illustrated by R O Blechman. From Three Rivers Press, if anyone wants a copy.

Interesting and funny and sad in many confusing ways. I love it.

[SusanCalvin]

13. Well, somebody my age does -

I believe it was a bestseller around the time I was in high school.

I understand from some Amazon reviews that the new version fixed some things that weren't broken, so I'll stick with my old version.

[KatyaR]

16. I'm so not Jewish, but I love that book.

It's one of my favorites....

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

17. Yup, me too. nt

[Skittles]

9. YOU WANT I SHOULD.....

hey wait, is that Yiddish?

[leftynyc]

11. LOL

That's EXACTLY the way my grandparents used to construct a sentence. Thanks for reminding me of that - it brings back very good memories.

[leftynyc]

10. Yiddish is a terrific language

But I don't believe for a minute that Trump didn't use that word not knowing it had sexual overtones - for Heaven's sake, it means large penis. He's a NYer, he knew exactly what he was saying to his knuckledragging base. The Joys of Yiddish has been on my bookcase for decades and my grandmother (may she rest in peace) used to teach it.

[SusanCalvin]

15. Of course he knew.

And thinks he can get away with it. We would be the laughingstock of the world if he weren't so scary.

[mucifer]

12. Wow I know more Yiddish than I thought. That was fun.

My parents and their friends often threw in a few Yiddish words here and there in conversation.

[MuseRider]

14. My husband is Jewish

but his family did not use a whole lot of Yiddish. I had that book, someone gave it to me but I lost it some time ago. I love Yiddish. It mostly sounds exactly like what it is describing to me. My very favorite word is schlep. The first time I heard it I knew what it meant. There are so many, I also like shtunk (my spelling may be off here) meaning kind of an icky, smelly person or a bad smelly baby.

[KamaAina]

18. I got the first 11.

I may have just converted to Judaism. Or it could just be that I lived in and around NYC for several years.