(kap-OY-yer)
In Yiddish, 'Moishe' is a first name.

'Kapoyr' means "backwards.
A Moishe Kapoyr is "Mr. Contrary" Someone who must say and do the opposite of the majority - Usually for spiteful or self-serving gains.
Everybody wants to go out for Italian but he insists on Chinese! ...What a Moishe Kapoyr!
by Unsunus2 August 13, 2010
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