[Milsurplus] S* Word
Hue Miller
kargo_cult at msn.com
Thu Feb 7 14:44:23 EST 2013
I consulted a hipster oriented dictionary and my conclusion is, the
referred to word is a cool word to use, among the kind of folk who think
flame
tattoos on their arms and necks are high style.
It was interesting to see that the word for jewelry, schmuk, also
has a usage for people, where it = jerk.
My ancestry is not Jewish, but I think it's interesting how as well as
Yiddish borrowing from German, some Yiddish terms found their way
into everyday German.
One example, Yiddish "fresser" = low life person. German, "fressen" =
"to eat", action by animals, "essen" = to eat, action by humans.
Possibly a better word for the estate junquepile is:
Yiddish "ramsh", = "clutter, junk".
German, "Ramsch" = trash.
As I heard it growing up, "Rumsch", meaning more like "junk, clutter".
Do word's matter at all?
I could care less; I couldn't care less. Whatever!
-H.M.
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