Yiddish Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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hocker n. We only have 5 contestants because the other 5 got stuck in Boro Park traffic behind some hocker who triple-parked his Lexus on 13th avenue. [English Yiddish United States] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

hocker n. At Binyomin’s, when Senior came over to visit, he said in response to my schmoozing, “My, my, you are such a hocker!” So I flashed a smile at him and said, “how true! I have a question, though. What is a hocker?” With some deliberation, he answered me, “A hocker is…the same as a tutzuch.” [English Yiddish United States] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

hocker n. “Hocker” has since seeped into our lingo. The catch phrase has come to connote the student in the know, who rubs elbows with the higher-ups at Yeshiva, often organizing Yeshiva events and programs. The proverbial hocker at Yeshiva seems to know and be known by virtually every student. This personality type is often innocuous. Students immersed in “the hock” must be constantly aware of the fine line that distinguishes the cream of the crop from the social elite. [English Yiddish United States Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

hocker n. The father’s self-representation as Hocker confirms the son’s characterization of him, in which an authorial Roth reaches for a recognizable, if not entirely appealing, type glossed for the goyim. The writer supplies the dictionary entry in parenthesis: “Hock: a Yiddishism that in this context means to badger, to bludgeon, to hammer with warnings and edicts and pleas—in short, to drill a hole in somebody’s head with words.” [English Yiddish United States] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

kalicker n. ~~Kalicker: (Jewish). poor worker.~~ [Yiddish Employment] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

klupper n. Klupper: incompetent, or bad worker. [Yiddish Employment] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

schlek n. Schlek—(from the Jewish) punishment. [Yiddish] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

schmeggega n. Schmeggeggas, schmoogies, stoops—dumbells. [English Yiddish Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

schmoogy n. Schmeggeggas, schmoogies, stoops—dumbells. [English Yiddish Derogatory] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

shiddach n. Stu Loeser, a Bloomberg campaign spokesman, said the campaign had not made a decision about pursuing the party’s support. Mr. Stern said, “We have to wait for the shiddach,” using the Yiddish term for matchmaking. [Yiddish] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2005)

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