Frum Slang | Imamother

mommyla

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 10:12 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

What's wrong with snack bag and soda can?

Nothing is wrong with it, it’s just something that only frum (in-town) people say. Other people say “can of Coke” (unless it’s empty) or “bag of Bissli/chips/pretzels.”

watergirl

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 10:47 am

mommyla wrote:

Nothing is wrong with it, it’s just something that only frum (in-town) people say. Other people say “can of Coke” (unless it’s empty) or “bag of Bissli/chips/pretzels.”

Totally this. "Snack bag" is frumspeak. "Bag of chips/bissli/pretzles/whatever is in the bag" is what most people call it. Other than "can of coke". My people call it a can of pop. Wink

PinkFridge

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 10:50 am

Brownies wrote:

I find that Jewish books and in particular kids’ books really overuse the word “surely”. I don’t know why.

Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman. (Hey, he was Jewish.)

tigerwife

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 11:02 am

PinkFridge wrote:

Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman. (Hey, he was Jewish.)

Surely you jest- Fred Weasly (not Jewish AFAIK)

PinkFridge

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 11:04 am

tigerwife wrote:

Surely you jest- Fred Weasly (not Jewish AFAIK)

Richard Feynman was.

aliavi

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 11:59 am

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

"I hear"

Guilty. Other how do other people communicate the same sentiment?

turca

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:08 pm

ckk wrote:

Lit plotzing is to burst.
And chalishing is to faint

What does it mean when someone says “I’m chalishing for something”?

singleagain

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:11 pm

turca wrote:

What does it mean when someone says “I’m chalishing for something”?

I was understood it as like craving or excited forI was understood it as like craving or excited for

anonymous1234

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:16 pm

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lilies

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:45 pm

singleagain wrote:

I was understood it as like craving or excited forI was understood it as like craving or excited for

Yes - similar to expression 'to die for' as in I will faint/expire otherwise.

soundofsilence

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:53 pm

PinkFridge wrote:

Hey, Bashevkin, if you're reading this, how about a top 5 words that are now part of the lexicon (could that one count? Hmmm) thanks to Artscroll.

https://mishpacha.com/top-5-fa.....ords/

mommyla

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 12:57 pm

Attention writers of children's books: "air" and "hear" do not rhyme. Yes, maybe in your circles they do, but in most they do not. Please do not attempt to rhyme them in the book that I'm reading to my kids in my decidedly not-NY accent!

How about "sliding pond" (most of us just call it a "slide"). What even is that?

Others that I've seen written here but never heard spoken: "each others" and "mines" (as in "she loves my SIL's kids but not mines" or "we gave MM to each others"). Ouch. At first I thought it was a typo but I've seen it a few times since then... Come to think of it, though, my European grandmother used to say "mines" sometimes.

Amelia Bedelia

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:13 pm

mommyla wrote:

That's chassidish-speak

SixOfWands

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:45 pm

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

That's chassidish-speak

A lot of it is second-language, where the grammar doesn't match. I don't really speak a second language, or at least not well, so I have tremendous respect for those who do.

I"m talking more about things like "loose diaper," not meaning that you need to tighten or size down, but to the bowel movement.

mommyla

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 1:51 pm

SixOfWands wrote:

As a teenager, I went to the camp nurse complaining of stomach pain. She asked me if I had a loose stomach. I had no idea what she was talking about LOL

PinkFridge

Fri, Feb 28 2020, 2:06 pm

soundofsilence wrote:

https://mishpacha.com/top-5-fancy-derashah-vocabulary-words/

You're good! I totally forgot about that. (And had to google lacuna Smile

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