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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
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.
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.
by adam_before_eve June 12, 2006
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Swedes are known as boxheads due to their squarish heads.
Often used to describe a thick, dull, brutish fellow that is prone to drunkenness.
Swedes are known as boxheads due to their squarish heads.
Often used to describe a thick, dull, brutish fellow that is prone to drunkenness.
That Swede was such a boxhead that he had a Volvo and a Saab.
That Swede's noggin was box-shaped so that is why he was called a boxhead.
Shall we go to Ikea to see the boxheads?
That Swede's noggin was box-shaped so that is why he was called a boxhead.
Shall we go to Ikea to see the boxheads?
by adam_before_eve April 27, 2006
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One bag over her head.
Second bag over yours.
Third bag over the dog's head so it doesn't howl.
Fourth bag by the door in case anyone barges in.
One bag over her head.
Second bag over yours.
Third bag over the dog's head so it doesn't howl.
Fourth bag by the door in case anyone barges in.
by adam_before_eve May 11, 2006
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Anyone that practices the gangsta lean is proclaiming to society that he anticipates dying at a young age from stray gunfire.
Known to invite cleansing the gene pool by other gangsta leaners that practice alternate leaning styles.
Gangsta leaners often define themselves in simple, cartoonish ways that invite negative reaction, such as wearing tacky costume jewelry that they call bling and wearing pants that are too big so that their underwear shows. The latter is a particularly classless act that publicizes their pathetic attempts at trying to find some individuality in a society that penalizes stupidity and willful ignorance. "Ooh, I'm rebelling against society by expressing myself with my boxers..."
Anyone that practices the gangsta lean is proclaiming to society that he anticipates dying at a young age from stray gunfire.
Known to invite cleansing the gene pool by other gangsta leaners that practice alternate leaning styles.
Gangsta leaners often define themselves in simple, cartoonish ways that invite negative reaction, such as wearing tacky costume jewelry that they call bling and wearing pants that are too big so that their underwear shows. The latter is a particularly classless act that publicizes their pathetic attempts at trying to find some individuality in a society that penalizes stupidity and willful ignorance. "Ooh, I'm rebelling against society by expressing myself with my boxers..."
The ex-con practiced his gangsta lean while driving and his pimp walk while on foot. Those pass for exercise programs in the 'hood.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
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by adam_before_eve September 21, 2005
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by adam_before_eve May 4, 2006
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dealing with the nucleus
typically used with power, bomb or submarine, and sometimes with family
dealing with the nucleus
typically used with power, bomb or submarine, and sometimes with family
by adam_before_eve June 25, 2006
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