2 definitions by Zek J. Evets
A pessimist and an optimist. An individual who combines pessimism and optimism into a cohesive worldview that is neither purely negative nor wholly positive. They are distinct from a realist as they do not engage in a pragmatic approach to life. Rather, they are the quintessential happy-sad person.
A pessoptimist is someone who sees the the glass as both half empty and half full, enjoying the fullness as much as despising the emptiness.
by Zek J. Evets December 30, 2016
A fried potato pancake confection that appears to be a Jewish latka commonly eaten on Hanukkah, but is, in fact, not a latka. Latkas are only made of grated potatoes with eggs, a little milk, flour or matzo meal and baking powder, fried up in a pan using, typically, shmaltz or oil. Anything else is a notka. Examples of notkas include American hash-browns, Irish boxty, British tattie fish, Korean gamja-jeon, Polish placki, and Swedish rarakor.
The whole family was at my bubbe's house for Hanukkah and this shiksa my cousin is dating brought some soggy potatoes that looked like hash-browns. They were total notkas.
by Zek J. Evets December 18, 2017