Gonif: |
Unscrupulous, a thief. His partner's sent out an APB. |
Grubber yung: |
Crude. A big mouth who has dirt (from grabbing) under his fingernails. |
Klutz: |
Clumsy. She falls over her own sneakers– fastened with Velco. |
Kvetch: |
A whiner. The food's salty, the place is chilly, eating out –who needs it? |
Luftmensch: |
A dreamer – who never wakes up. He could paint a masterpiece, if only he had an easel – and knew how. |
Meshugener: |
A loony. Whether he thinks his underwear is after him or barrels over Niagra Falls, he's one letter short of an M&M. |
Moishe Kapoyr: |
Today he'd be called "oppositional." The family votes to hold the reunion in Vegas. He votes for Vilna. |
Nar: |
He left his law practice to become a clown. |
Nayfish: |
A doormat. When he's robbed, he apologizes for being short on cash. |
Nebekh: |
A hapless unfortunate. He gets stepped on by accident a lot. |
Nuchshlepper: |
A hanger-on. She shleps the 200 pound camping gear for the group. |
Nudnik: |
A persistent bore. She doesn't stop with the talking, the asking, the annoying till you want to staple his lips together. |
Nudzh: |
A pesty badgerer. She tells you twelve times to check the locks. Unlike the nudnik, it could be an occasional occurrence. |
Ongeblussen: |
A self-involved blowhard. If his last name is Moses, he thinks the Bible gave him a mention. |
Oysvorf: |
Unpopular outcast. Think David Duke at a Hadassah meeting. |
Paskudnyak: |
A revolting, corrupt person. For him, there would be a very short funeral. |
Shikker: |
A drunk. She has a little chaser with her Cheerios. |
Shlemiel: |
A pathetic, clumsy loser. He drives over – through your living room. |
Shlimazel: |
An unlucky loser. He's the one the shlemiel was visiting. |
Shlump: |
Unkempt, saggy. She shleps, stooped, with her hair in strings. |
Shmeggege: |
And idiotic doofus. Short of a "meshuganah," he's sure he'll make a killing with his musical toilet seat ... and acts like a makher about it. |
Shmendrik: |
Nincompoop. A fraternal twin to a shlemiel, he's thinner and weaker. |
Shnook: |
A likeable patsy. You could sell him a time-share in Area 51, and he'll pay top dollar – for vacationing on an historical site. |
Shnorror: |
A beggar. He's forever borrowing, taking advantage. Bad for a potluck party. |
Trombenik: |
A lazy braggart. Not only does he blow his own horn, he doesn't own one. |
Yuchna: |
A loud-mouthed, boorish female. In Loehmann's dressing room she'll yell "It would fit if you lost a few pounds!" |
Yutz: |
Socially inept. He takes you to a restaurant with a clown face and spends the evening discussing his train collection. |
Zshlub: |
Lazy slob. He shows up with schmutz on his untucked shirt. To Archie Bunker, "meathead" looked like a zshlub when he met him – although he'd never say it. |