[Milsurplus] S* Word

[Richard Solomon]

Elsie's ... that brings back memories. That had a Roumanian Pastrami
(thick cut) Sandwich on real Rye bread that was delicious. I could
hear my arteries harden !!

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> Years ago, Elsie's Lunch at the corner of Mt. Auburn and Mt. Holyoak
> streets, just off Harvaqrd square in Cambridge, MA used to sell a giant
> sandwich of roast beef, ham, pastrami, and cheese on rye, with a side of
> potato salad. It cost around $3.00
>
> It was called "The Fresser's Dream"
>
> -John
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>> 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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