Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to know when you speak Yiddish

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: A Brokh Tsu Dayn Lebn! Curses and Curse Words; Chapter Two: A Shprikhvort Iz a Vorvort. A Proverb Is a True Word; Chapter Three: Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen It's All Yinglish to Me; Chapter Four: Iz Nisht Kosher Words Familiar to English Speakers; Chapter Five: Vi Iz Ayer Nomen?What's in a Name?; Chapter Six: Freg Mikh b'kherem Outside the Pale; Chapter Seven: Shtadlans and Shnorrers The Public Sphere; Chapter Eight: Ess, Ess, Mein Kind Gastronomical Judaism; Chapter Nine: Frailikh Zol Zein It's a Good Life.;"This is the Yiddish they didn't teach in Hebrew school. Talk Dirty: Yiddish gives you the lowdown on how to really spit the Hebrew alphabet. With plenty of slang, curses, and idiomatic expressions, this book gives your Yiddish vocabulary a real kick in the toches with entries like the one below: Yiddish phrase: Groisser potzTranslation: Big shot (obscene)Expression: Ever since he opened his own business, he thinks he's a groisser potzLiteral Translation: Ever since he opened his own business, he thinks he has a big penis.