A particularly insensitive and bold term used to describe the behavior of a cheating peddler of goods and wares who has taken advantage of your position in a seller's market; almost exclusively used to describe midwestern drug dealers.
Ernie:"Can you believe that little bag of sticks and marbles Kevin sold us? This sucks. Now we need to go to Des Moines or something."
Willy: "That is so yiddish. I'm going to tell my mommy on him!"
Willy: "That is so yiddish. I'm going to tell my mommy on him!"
by woodtickwillyandthe1sock2 June 30, 2011
A language born from the Khazars, a primative like medeval Asiatic tribe that converted to Judiasm.
It has not one word in common with Hebrew. Uses the same characters in it's alphabet for this reason. Just as similar to Hebrew as Spanish is to Swedish, since they too use the same characters in their alphabet but have not word in common with each other. See Kaizar
It has not one word in common with Hebrew. Uses the same characters in it's alphabet for this reason. Just as similar to Hebrew as Spanish is to Swedish, since they too use the same characters in their alphabet but have not word in common with each other. See Kaizar
by Uncle September 9, 2004
A language (common with jews and the torah) that sounds like a cross between German and Hebrew. A very well known word of yiddish is shmuck, meaning dick
by meeeeeeeeeee September 1, 2003
a language spoken by some Jewish people, which is related to German
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Thank you very much = A sheynem dank
by Alexandre Piscirilli Ramos March 21, 2005
Largely European language of the Jewish population. Based on an amalgum of German syntax and grammar, with vocabulary from German and Hebrew, transcribed in the Hebrew alphabet, with loan words from many other Central and Eastern European languages (Czech, Magyar, Russian, Slovak, Polish).
"She spoke Yiddish in the kitchen, Ladino in the office, and softly in bed."
Example of Yiddish: "Oi vai!" (Literally "Oh, pain!" or "Oh, woe").
Example of Yiddish: "Oi vai!" (Literally "Oh, pain!" or "Oh, woe").
by Lee Goddard December 13, 2006
I find it hilarious that person number two is going on and on about how much Yiddish he knows, and then calls himself a goyem. Goyem is the plural form. I would call him an idiot, but fact remains that he isn't an idiot--Just a goy :P
by Loud_mouthed_jewish_chick November 13, 2004
A language spoken by the Jews of Ashkenaz (East Europe). based on Hebrew, Gernam, Aramaic, Slavic and Latin.
by The Girl of the Moon July 29, 2011