Moyshe kapoyer |
Person who does things backward |
Melamed |
A teacher |
Farbissoner |
A person that is never happy |
| Zun |
Son / the one that never calls |
| Tachters |
daughter / the one that always call |
| Schlump |
A person wearing his shirt partly out |
| Shikse |
Non-Jewish female: He's going out with a
skikse. |
| Shygetz |
Non-Jewish male: She is going out with a
Shygetz. |
| Shvitzer |
A show off or/and one that sweats a lot |
| To Schleppe along with |
A person at the end of a walking group of
people |
| Schlepping |
Pulling something too big or too overweight |
| Meshuganah |
Plain Crazy |
Shtetl |
A town in Europe |
Landslman |
A jew from the same shtetl in Europe |
Knaker |
Big shot (sarcastically) |
Klezmer |
A musician |
Nosher |
One who snacks a lot |
Shtarker |
A strong person |
Groyser |
A big one |
Kibitzer |
Someone who always jokes |
Kelyner |
The little one |
Greener |
Greenhorn, new immigrant |
Frum |
Religious |
Feygele |
Male homosexual |
Farshluginer |
A bedraggled person |
Eydel mentch |
Courteous , refined |
Bulvan |
Imbecile, brute, oaf |
Bandit |
Rascal, rogue |
| Mouzik |
One that bracks every thing,
troublemaker |
Balebos |
Boss, landlord |