Shtetl 

old world view - where Ashkenazim lived in walled cities and swarmed all over each other for a few millenia. Russians, Poles and other hosts kept the Ashkenazim segregated in the shtetl.

new world view - any settlement with a high concentration of people of the Hebrew persuasion. Identifiable in any large metropolitan area in North America.

See also the Pale of Settlement and Lower East Side

My ancestors lived in the Lodz shtetl. My wife's ancestors were Litwaks and Galicianers, although every family had some Cossack or Tartar DNA.

We cooked a great brisket in the shtetl, and a pretty good borscht, too. You could hear the violins every night.

Your neighbors know everything about you and your entire family and lineage in the shtetl.

Many find a bizarre comfort in the shtetl, at once claustrophobic and comforting, as opposed to the terrifying life outside the walls.

When you go to an event at the shtetl, you can get a free lucky number pogrom, but the prizes aren't what you would expect.

Shtetl by adam_before_eve June 12, 2006

Shtetl 

Modernly used as slang for neighborhood (or more closely; ‘hood) among Jewish youth.

Of course I know how to get there - this is my Shtetl!

Shtetl by 313ElmSt April 12, 2009

Shtetl 

A kid friendlier version of "shit"; just a funny word that when spoken makes you giggly and all fuzzy inside.

"hey did you hear about tom? He got laid off, the kids liked him a lot. It's some... Bullshtetl"

Shtetl by Woop_woop_ItsDrZ April 30, 2021

Shtetl Pass 

When a non-Jew is considered 'down with the Jews' and is given some degree of leeway by his Jewish friends to make Jew jokes and/or latkes.

A portmanteau of shtetl, the term for Jewish ghettos in Europe, and ghetto pass, a term expressing a similar concept with regard to African Americans.

"I get a shtetl pass. I once taught a Jewish girlfriend remedial Yiddish." ~Actual quote from the internet

"Abraham Lincoln gets a shtetl pass. He freed the slaves, and he was named Abraham."

Shtetl Pass by Televangelist August 3, 2012

shtemlo 

n. A word that appears repeatedly in the animutation "The Richard Kiel Experience." It is a reference to the 1963 film Eegah, in which the title character, a caveman played by Richard Kiel, uses the word "shtemlo" to mean "sleep."

Similar to fnord, except that this one actually has a publicly known meaning. Sort of.

"Eegah...shtemlo..."
"Watch out for snakes!"

shtemlo by junkyardprince January 15, 2004

Ridden like a Shetland Pony 

When your boss gives you a large amount of work to finish and an unreasonable deadline, you might aliken your predicament to a Shetland Pony being ridden by an overweight adult. Any reference to being whipped/flogged in addition is purely optional...

"Rio will you have time to fit some work in for me?"

"Not fuckin likely, il be dead honest, im getting ridden like a Shetland Pony today..."

Ridden like a Shetland Pony by David J Hasslebonk October 9, 2008

sheetload 

A sheetload is what you refer to when you've had a bowel movement in bed, probably while you're asleep. Eventually you wake up and soon realize something’s wrong considering the mess and smell. If you aren't sleeping alone, your bedmate will abruptly bring it to your attention. There is no denying what happened. If you don't have a mattress pad, you now have a nasty stain on the mattress. If you sleep bare-assed, the mess is even worse. Sometimes occurs when you're in bed and go to cut a fart that turns out to be a wet one.

Burritos and beer. That's all it took. My girlfriend got home late and climbed into bed and immediately alerted me about the sheetload I'd dumped without even knowing it. What a fucking mess!

sheetload by Big Ed Moustapha April 5, 2010