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Jewish English is a cover term for varieties of the English language spoken by Jews.They may include significant amounts of vocabulary and syntax taken from Yiddish, and both classical and modern Hebrew.
The only definition of "Yinglish" in the OED is "a blend of English and Yiddish spoken in the United States; a form of English containing many Yiddishisms"; Merriam-Webster has something similar. According to this definition, a list of Yiddish words used by non-Yiddish-speaking Jews is certainly primary-sense Yinglish.
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).
The meaning is relatively clear (OP notwithstanding); he means self-indulgent. Just as "Irregardless" is a perfectly cromulent (if irritating) word. Aaronite ( talk ) 19:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, the Northeastern United States, the Northern United States, or to people from the US in general.
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The Joys of Yiddish is a book containing a lexicon of common words and phrases of Yinglish—i.e., words originating in the Yiddish language that had become known to speakers of American English due to the influence of American Ashkenazi Jews. It was originally published in 1968 and written by Leo Rosten. [1] [2]
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