A type of English which includes phrases from Torah learning. It is generally used by Jewish men/women who have spent some time in a yeshiva/seminary.
Person 1: This ice cream is geshmak!
Person 2: What does geshmak mean?
Person 3: It's yeshivish for "fantastic."
Person 2: What does geshmak mean?
Person 3: It's yeshivish for "fantastic."
by PhDavid June 18, 2011
Get the yeshivishmug.
Get the yeshivishmug. 1. Ironically unironic references to yeshivish Judaism, or occasionally pictures of Hebrew words in non Hebrew contexts.
2. A communal freethinking society, not a totalitarian regime.
2. A communal freethinking society, not a totalitarian regime.
Did you see the candle store had something that looked almost like a Menorah? What yeshivish satire!
by Velvel the mensch November 22, 2020
Get the yeshivish satiremug. A sect or type of the religious Jewish community which usually includes Jews who've attended Yeshiva/seminary and has left a significant cultural mark on. (Often used interchangeably with the terms 'greasy'; greaseball'; 'moldy'; krotzed-out; shtark (usually in a derogitory way))
by dsyg1 April 26, 2021
Get the Yeshivishmug.