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It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler" or "lead the people". [citation needed] Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derik, Deryck (included here), as well as Derrick and Derick.
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
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She is the moderator Hartella in Drek's Game and is working with Phillip Ormond to write a book about the cartoon and online game. Weak-willed, gullible and cowardly, she is effortlessly manipulated by members of a far-right terrorist group called the Halvening. Anomie is able to keep her quiet by threatening her with going to the police about ...
The English forms Derek, Derrick and Terry have been re-introduced from the continent, from Low German, Dutch and French sources. The derived Welsh form is Tewdrig ; however, there also exists the related Welsh name Tudur (from Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs , exactly cognate with Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks ) which is the origin of the name of the ...
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A shtick is a comic theme or gimmick.The word entered the English language from the Yiddish shtik (שטיק), related to German Stück, Polish sztuka, Cyrillic штука (all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją), all meaning "piece", "thing" or "theatre play"; Theaterstück is the German word for play (and is a synonym of Schauspiel, literally "viewing play" in contrast to Singspiel).
Derek Thompson was born in McLean, Virginia, the son of Robert Thompson and Petra Kahn. [2] [3] Before graduating from high school, he appeared in several theatrical productions at the Folger Shakespeare Theater [4] and the Shakespeare Theater. [5]