Frum Slang | Imamother

dancingqueen

Thu, Feb 27 2020, 11:45 pm

lkwdgirl wrote:

Do non frum people ask someone “where are you holding” when someone is either traveling or you want to know where they are? I think not. I’ve heard many times and don’t get it “I have bar mitzva this .....” what happened the a or the?

No, properly they would say “where are you?”. Other groups have their own slang like “where you at?”

aliavi

Thu, Feb 27 2020, 11:53 pm

Take a haircut
Need to make
I’m cholov Yisroel (not that I eat only cholov Yisroel).

paperflowers

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:59 am

sushilover wrote:

Hold of, hold with. I know it's a perfectly valid word, but I've only heard it used by frum people.
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I was going to say this one. I didn’t realize it wasn’t a standard way of saying “is of the opinion” until a professor corrected it on a paper.

doodlesmom

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:07 am

Workmate instead of coworker. I guess derived from classmate...

mommy9

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:20 am

What about "learnt"? Does anyone say that besides frum people?

HindaF

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:31 am

I have some goodies:
It's not "shayich" ( when a date doesnt work out)
It's sick!( used by teens to describe something amazing and fun.)
I "takeh" heard of that.( As in truly truly!!)
Don't "drei me a kup"( Don't ask me a million times if you can have cookies for breakfast! I said no!)
That lady is such a "macher"( heads the Tehilim group, makes shidduchim, and stays on top of the latest community news.)

Debbie

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 2:47 am

[quote="dancingqueen"

Also, calling kids delicious and yummy.[/quote]

This is exactly what I was going to say!

rzab

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 2:49 am

b.chadash wrote:

Juxtaposition /juxtaposed
Not really slang, but its Artscrollian language, and I don't think you will ever see it outside of the frum world.

I think you would find it more in academic literature in the secular world

chanatron1000

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 2:49 am

TIL frum people in the US and Canada speak a little bit more like the English.

Debbie

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 3:09 am

"I gave my baby an injection," after taking the baby to the clinic for vaccinations.
Asking a child if he/she would like a gutte zach,and then giving said child something full of artificial colours and flavours and basically rubbish; what exactly is good about that?

Odelyah

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 3:46 am

mommy9 wrote:

What about "learnt"? Does anyone say that besides frum people?

no that's a good one. comes from yiddish.

To be honest, even saying learning Torah as opposed to studying Torah is really from the yiddish. I only gradually became aware of this from learning with secular college students and the realization was almost shocking. Because they wouldn't say they are learning Torah with me; we are studying Torah. And it dawned on me that the common usage is not actually natural in English..

Raisin

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 5:19 am

I used to think tumult was a yiddish word. LOL

When I was young in London we used to call some people "yoishies" because they used the word Yoy! a lot.

Neb, nebby.

Intimacy referring to s-x.

DrMom

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 5:35 am

mommy9 wrote:

What about "learnt"? Does anyone say that besides frum people?

Yes.

"Learned" is common in the US and Canada; "Learnt" is more common in the UK.

Chana Miriam S

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 6:59 am

SixOfWands wrote:

I think that's more an under-35-ism. And it makes me think of cannibals.

I’m 52 and wasn’t frum until 37. I always used these and hear them everywhere.

singleagain

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 7:13 am

HindaF wrote:

I always thought sick was just regular teenage slang ... And not specific to any one group.

Debbie

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 7:24 am

I hear this quite often when I'm in local grocery shops; parent asks child "Would you like a packet?"
Not would you like a packet/bag of crisps/chips,or Bamba etc...just a packet!
I'm a BT for over thirty years,and coming to live in a Frum area and learning a new style of English took some getting used to!

Ema of 5

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 7:36 am

Moonlight wrote:

Some of these are great! Some are just yiddish

I was going to say this also. Challishing, plotzing, shayich....
Never heard “tumble sauce” until I came to NY. Another one is “take me over” instead of take iver for me. Even my husband says it!!

Ema of 5

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 7:37 am

Debbie wrote:

Well, if they are right in front of the product, then why would they name the product?