Definitions by cornholio

verklempt 

Fake Yiddish for "overcome with emotion" -- from the "Linda Richman" skits on "Saturday Night Live"

I saw Sally Field with the Oscar. Oy, I was all verklempt.

verklempt by Cornholio September 29, 2003

Gabacho 

Chicano pejorative term for an English-speaking, non-Hispanic

The gabachos don't want to give drivers licenses to immigrants.

Gabacho by Cornholio September 29, 2003

hymie

A mildly pejorative term for Jews, made famous by Jesse Jackson

We're on our way to Kennedy Airport in Hymietown.

hymie by Cornholio September 29, 2003

dress 

Refers to the side of a man's trousers that his testicles hang.

Those earthworms don't even know whether they dress to the right or the left.

dress by Cornholio September 29, 2003

three card monte 

A con game, frequent in the New York subways, involving playing cards.

Never play three card monte; you can't win.

three card monte by Cornholio September 29, 2003

vigorish

Interest paid to a loan shark

There was so much vigorish on that loan that I knew my thumbs were headed for a breakup.

vigorish by Cornholio September 29, 2003

gibbone 

A crude, inept person

The plumbers who came to fix the leak were a pair of gibbones.

gibbone by Cornholio September 27, 2003