Words that are fun to say! (Besides swearing)

Wag · March 11, 2009, 01:07:39 PM

Mucky

schmendrik · March 11, 2009, 01:27:12 PM

Quote from: AndyC on March 10, 2009, 03:31:11 PM
... chutzpah, shtick, plotz, shemozzle, schlock, shmo, schmendrik, schnoz, schlep, shiksa...

!!!!! Oy vey! That's really a word?

I took my name from a character in Peter S. Beagle's "Last Unicorn". I thought it was a play on the old comic book character Mandrake the Magician. Obviously Mr. Beagle was making a little joke I wasn't aware of.

I'm almost afraid to ask... what does it mean?

Yes, you're right, Yiddish words are fun to use even if you don't have the Jewish heritage to back it up. In particular I find there's just no substitute for "plotz", "shlep", or "schmuck".

Psycho Circus · March 11, 2009, 01:29:30 PM

Knapsack

Andrew · March 17, 2009, 09:00:58 PM

Collywobbles!

God bless the English, and save their queen.

Mr. DS · March 17, 2009, 09:14:03 PM

Chicana

BoyScoutKevin · April 29, 2009, 02:36:45 PM

Quote from: Circus_Circus on March 11, 2009, 01:29:30 PM
Knapsack

Also rucksack. As in "Put your rucksack in the back."

Psycho Circus · April 29, 2009, 02:37:24 PM

Hornblower

RCMerchant · April 29, 2009, 04:08:22 PM

Quote from: schmendrik on March 11, 2009, 01:27:12 PM
Quote from: AndyC on March 10, 2009, 03:31:11 PM
... chutzpah, shtick, plotz, shemozzle, schlock, shmo, schmendrik, schnoz, schlep, shiksa...

!!!!! Oy vey! That's really a word?

I took my name from a character in Peter S. Beagle's "Last Unicorn". I thought it was a play on the old comic book character Mandrake the Magician. Obviously Mr. Beagle was making a little joke I wasn't aware of.

I'm almost afraid to ask... what does it mean?

Yes, you're right, Yiddish words are fun to use even if you don't have the Jewish heritage to back it up. In particular I find there's just no substitute for "plotz", "shlep", or "schmuck".

Shmuck is a favorite. So is Mo mo....as in..."You f$ckin' mo-mo." I don't think it's yiddish...but I heard it in NY alot.

Newt · April 29, 2009, 05:23:29 PM

Disambiguation.

AndyC · April 30, 2009, 04:42:09 AM

Goombah.

ghouck · May 01, 2009, 05:15:22 PM

Ninja, , as in "What up, my ninja?"

Psycho Circus · May 02, 2009, 08:06:01 AM

Feline

Ed, Ego and Superego · May 05, 2009, 10:28:04 PM

We were just reading "Where the Wild Things are" and I found:

Rumpus.

You know, my funniest personal word is: flaccid.

I had a friend who'd say stuff like "Man this party is flaccid"
-Ed

ghouck · May 05, 2009, 10:38:42 PM

I wish I knew how to say all those unintelligible things they say on Firefly that sounds like Chinese swearing or something.

Psycho Circus · May 08, 2009, 12:55:12 PM

Kookamunga