Thursday, November 9, 2017

Selected Yiddish Words and Phrases 6 (Impress friends and family)




GAY SHLAFEN: Go to sleep.

GELT: Money.

GONIF
: A thief, a tricky clever person, a shady character.

GOY: A derogatory term meaning gentile, goyim is the plural, and goyisher is the adjective.

GREPSE:
To belch.

GORNISHT: Nothing. Often used in a sarcastic manner, as in what did you get from her? Gunisht.

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