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already adv B2 • [Calque: ult from Ger schon as transmitted independently by PaGer schun and Yidd shoyn]
alter kocker n • [Yidd, ult from Ger alter old + kocker excrement]
bubbe n • [Yiddish]
bubbe-mayse n • [Yiddish]
bubeleh n • [Yiddish..]
dairy n 2b • [Translation of Yiddish milkhiks n..]
doppes(s) n • [Perh var of Yiddish tipesh a fool]
dreck n • [Yiddish drek, Ger Dreck excrement, filth, dregs]
dreidel n • [Yiddish dreidl < Ger drehen to turn]
enjoy v B2 • [Prob infl by Yiddish syntax..]
eppes pron, n, adj, adv • [..eastern Yiddish form is epes..]
farblonjet adj • [Yiddish farblondzhen to lose one’s way, get lost, go astray]
farchadet adj • [Yiddish fartshadet]
farmisht adj • [Yiddish]
farputst adj • [Yiddish]
faygeleh n • [Yiddish foygl bird, faygele little bird; perh infl by fag n]
flanken n • [Prob Yiddish flanken sides or flanks of beef]
fress v • PaGer area and areas of Yiddish infl
fresser n • PaGer area and areas of Yiddish infl
from prep B10 • [Prob Yiddish..]
golumpki n pl • [..cf..Yiddish holep..]
hazarae n • [Yiddish khazeray junk, trash]
holishkes n pl • [Yiddish]
I should worry phr • [Prob ult from a Yiddish phr]
kishke n • [Yiddish, ult of Slavic origin..]
klutz n • [Yiddish, cognate with Ger Klotz..]
krex v • [..Yiddish krekhts(e)n..]
kuchen n • [Ger, Yiddish Kuchen cake..] (MAP)
kugel n • [Yiddish]
kvetch v • [Yiddish kvetchen]
latke n • [Yiddish]
mocky n1 • [Prob Yiddish makeh a boil, sore, plague]
Molly Putz n • [..cf also Yiddish putz a fool, objectionable person]
nebbish n • [Yiddish]
nosh n • [Yiddish nash a snack]
nosh v • [..also Yiddish nashn, nasher..]
noshery n • [..perh infl by Yiddish nasherei snacks]
phumpher v • [Yiddish fonfen]
plotz v • [..Yiddish platsn to burst]
prakes n pl • [Yiddish]
putz v • [..cf also Yiddish putz..] (MAP)
schlepp v • [Yiddish shlepn to drag]
schnozzle n • [.. prob pseudo-Yiddish alter of nose or nozzle] (MAP)
stand up v phr • [Calque of..Yiddish oyfshteyn]
Yid n • [..< Yiddish Yid Jew] (MAP)
Yiddish adj • [Yiddish yid(d)ish Jewish]
mahala n • [Yokuts mokel women]
cala n1 • [..Yoruba, Igbo, Efik ákárá an oily cake..]
Afro n • esp among young Black speakers (Map Section)
all-nighter n 2 • among young speakers
all she wrote, that’s phr • gaining currency esp among younger speakers
badmouth v • esp among Black and young White speakers
barf v, n • esp among young speakers
beat adj • esp among young, urban, and Black speakers
bitch v • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among males
blast n 3 • chiefly among younger, educ speakers; casual
blast n 4 • chiefly among younger, educ speakers; casual
blasted adj, adv • esp common among younger speakers
blindman’s buff n b • esp common among younger speakers
boob n • esp among young and coll educ speakers
boondock n • orig military slang, now widespread, esp among urban, young and mid-aged speakers
borrow v B1 • esp among young speakers and speakers with grade school educ
boulder n • esp among young speakers
brownie n1 3 • esp among young and coll educ speakers
brownie v • esp among young and coll educ speakers
brownnose n • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers
brownnose v • orig among speakers in the military; now widespread but chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers
buck n1 3b • widely used but esp freq among young and middle-aged Infs
bug v 4 • earlier chiefly among young speakers, now widespread
cancer stick n • esp among young speakers
chew out v phr • esp among younger speakers
chick n • esp among young speakers and among Black speakers; sometimes derog
chug v 3 • esp among younger speakers
clod n 2a • esp among younger speakers
clod n 2b • esp among younger speakers
cool n 1 • earlier esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers, now more widely used
cool it v phr 1 • formerly esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers; now more widespread
crack up v phr • esp among young, urban, coll educ, and Black speakers
curse, the n • esp common among women, young and mid-aged speakers, and coll educ speakers
dig v2 2 • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers; esp freq among Black speakers; esp freq in urban comms
dodo n1 1 • esp among young speakers
doozy n • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers
down below adv phr 2 • euphem; esp freq among younger speakers
drag n 13a • esp freq among Blacks and among young and mid-aged speakers
drag n 14 • esp freq among Black speakers and among young and mid-aged speakers
drink like a fish v phr • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among well educ speakers
faggot n • used..chiefly by young speakers, most freq by well educ urban males
fall n 4 • chiefly among young, well-educ, urban women
farmer n 1 • somewhat more freq among younger speakers and coll educ speakers; derog (MAP)
fart n • esp among young and mid-aged speakers
filthy adv • esp common among mid-aged and young speakers
finagle v A • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers (MAP)
fly n2 2 • esp among younger speakers (MAP)
goose bumps n pl 1 • somewhat more freq among younger speakers
icky adj • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers and among women (MAP)
klutz n • esp freq among young speakers
moly, holy exclam • esp freq among young speakers
p.g. adj • esp freq among mid-aged and young speakers (MAP)
shimmy v • esp freq among younger speakers
sneak v 2a • esp freq among younger speakers
tight adj • orig esp freq among Black speakers, young speakers, and male speakers; now more widespread
upchuck v • esp freq among mid-aged and younger speakers, among coll educ speakers, and among women
you guys pron • esp freq among younger speakers
mukluk n • [Yupik maklak bearded seal]