New 'Jewish' Words
A humorous collection of new 'Jewish' words
- JEWBILATION n. Pride in finding out that one's favorite celebrity is Jewish.
- TORAHFIED n. Inability to remember one's lines when called to read from the Torah at one's Bar or Bat mitzvah.
- SANTA-SHMANTA n. The explanation Jewish children get for why they celebrate Hanukah while the rest of the neighbors celebrate Christmas.
- MATZILATION v. Smashing a piece of matzo to bits while trying to butter it.
- BUBBEGUM n. Candy one's mother gives to her grandchildren that she never gave to her own children.
- CHUTZPAPA n. A father who wakes his wife at 4:00 a.m. so she can change the baby's nappy (diaper).
- DEJA NU n. Having the feeling you've seen the same exasperated look on your mother's face but not knowing exactly when.
- DISORIYENTA n. When Aunt Sadie gets lost in a department store and strikes up a conversation with everyone she passes.
- GOYFER n. A Gentile messenger.
- HEBORT vb. To forget all the Hebrew one ever learned immediately after one's Bar Mitzvah.
- JEWDO n. A traditional form of self defence based on talking one's way out of a tight spot.
- MAMATZAH BALLS n. Matzo balls that are as good as mother used to make.
- MEINSTEIN - slang. "My son, the genius."
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MISHPOCHADOTS n. The assorted lipstick and make-up stains found on one's face and collar after kissing all one's aunts and cousins at a reception.
- RE-SHTETLEMENT n. Moving from Brooklyn to Miami and finding all your old neighbours live in the same apartment block as you.
- ROSH HASHANA-NA-NA n. A rock 'n roll band from Brooklyn.
