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The Latin words gentes/gentilis – which also referred to peoples or nations – began to be used to describe non-Jews in parallel with the evolution of the word goy in Hebrew. Based on the Latin model, the English word "gentile" came to mean non-Jew from the time of the first English-language Bible translations in the 1500s (see Gentile).
Slang used in Hebrew-speaking cultures, predominantly in Israel. Pages in category "Hebrew slang" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The word Yid (/ ˈ j iː d /; Yiddish: איד), also known as the Y-word, [1] is a Jewish ethnonym of Yiddish origin. It is used as an autonym within the Ashkenazi Jewish community, and also used as slang by European football fans, antisemites, and others. Its usage may be controversial in modern English language.
The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German), mostly in North American Jewish culture. Among Orthodox Jews , the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.
Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish (Yiddish: שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but where its literal meaning is a vulgar term for a penis. [1]
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
As for punem/ponem, I think it's very misleading to say it's from Hebrew panim, because that's the Modern Hebrew pronunciation, which was/is not used by Yiddish speakers. But it's also a bit odd to say it comes from Yiddish ponem which comes from Hebrew ponem , because it's essentially the same word with the same meaning in all of English ...
What does 'mid' mean? Think: a lukewarm bowl of mac-and-cheese or a three-star hotel, says Kelly Elizabeth Wright, a postdoctoral research fellow in language sciences at Virginia Tech. For example: