Jewish Lightning

Supposed cause of fire deliberately arranged by the owner to burn down a property or business in order to benefit from insurance money or similar, such as destruction of documents and records.

What happened to that old kvetcher, Max? He's dressed in bright colors and looking so happy...

Haven't you heard? His art gallery literally went up in flames, struck by a fortunate case of Jewish lightning.

by nycgw July 11, 2009

Elman

A low level form of autism that hinders one's ability to identify animal species, e.g., Birds.

Wow, those are cute birds.

Those are clearly ducks. What are you, an Elman?

by nycgw February 20, 2010