

Feb 1, 2017 This week’s theme

Words borrowed from Yiddish



This week’s words

verklempt

yentz

potch

futz

schmatte



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potch PRONUNCIATION: (poch)

MEANING: verb tr.: To slap or spank.

noun: A slap or spanking.

ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish patshn (to slap), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1892.

USAGE: “There are two schools of thought on the subject of potching. The first is that parents should never potch, no matter what was done and regardless of the circumstances.”

Dovid Kaplan; Polishing Diamonds: Bringing Out the Sparkle in Our Children; Hamodia; 2005.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I tire so of hearing people say, / Let things take their course. / Tomorrow is another day. / I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. / I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. -Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967)





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