BUBBEGUM
(n.) Candy one's mother gives to her grandchildren that she never gave
to her own children.
CHUTZPAPA (n.) A father who wakes his wife at 4:00 a.m. so she can
change the baby's diaper.
DÉJÀ NU (n.) Having the feeling you've seen the same exasperated
look on your mother's face, but not knowing exactly when.
DISKVELLIFIED (v.) To drop out of law school, med. school or
business school as seen through the eyes of parents, grandparents and Uncle Sid.
In extreme cases, simply choosing to major in art history when Irv's son David
is majoring in biology is sufficient grounds for diskvellification.
DISORIYENTA (n.) When Aunt Linda gets lost in a department store
and strikes up a conversation with everyone she passes.
FEELAWFUL (n.) Indigestion from eating Israeli street food,
especially felafel.
HEBORT (v.) To forget all the Hebrew one ever learned immediately
after one's Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
IMPASTA (n.) A Jew who starts eating leavened foods before the end
of Passover.
JEWBILATION (n.) Pride in finding out that one's favorite celebrity
is Jewish.
JEWDO (n.) A traditional form of self-defense based on talking one's
way out of a tight spot.
KINDERS SHLEP (v.) To transport other kids besides yours in your
car.
MAMATZAH BALLS (n.) Matzo
balls that are as good as your mother used to make.
MATZILATION (v.) Smashing a piece of matzo to bits while trying
to butter it.
MEINSTEIN - slang. "My son, the genius!"
MINYASTICS (n.) Going to incredible lengths and troubles to
find a tenth person to complete a minyan.
MISHPOCHADOTS (n.) The assorted lipstick and make-up stains found on
one's face and collar after kissing all one's aunts and cousins at a reception.
RE-SHTETLEMENT (n.) Moving from Brooklyn to Miami and finding
all your old neighbors live in the same condo building as you.
ROSH HASHANA-NA-NA (n.) A rock 'n roll band from Jewish Brooklyn.
SHOFARSOGUT (n.) The relief you feel when, after many attempts, the
shofar is finally blown at the end of Yom Kippur.
TORAHFIED (n.) Inability to remember one's lines when called to read
from the Torah at one's Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
TRAYFFIC ACCIDENT (n.) An appetizer one finds out has pork.
YIDENTIFY (v.) To be able to determine Jewish origins of celebrities,
even though their names might be St. John, Curtis, Davis or Taylor.
—Forwarded by Phil
Snyder, San Diego
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