I love Yiddish

I love the way Yiddish swooshes around in my mouth. The relief I feel when the words pour out. How much better I feel when I yell, "Meshuga!" Why? I don't know. It doesn't even have to pertain to the situation. It flows off my tongue. The strength of the "m." The sureness of the "sh." The harshness of the "ga." Meshuga! It's crazy! Wait..it's meshuga!

Today, I'll share some Yiddish words from this week's e-mails from www.wordsmith.org.

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This week's theme: Words from Yiddish.

schlump (shlump) noun

A dull or slovenly person.

[From Yiddish shlumperdik (unkempt, sloppy).]

meshuga or meshugga (muh-SHOOG-uh) adjective

Crazy; stupid.

schnook (shnook) noun

A stupid, easily deceived person.