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 Epithets and Terms of Address: Shnook, Schnook
126 words, approx. 1 pages An American Yiddish term for a meek and ineffectual person, a patsy. In John Updike’s Rabbit is Rich a father calls his adult son ‘you poor little shnook’, though the family is certainly not Yiddish-speaking. ‘Schnooky... summary from source:
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 List of English words of Yiddish origin Information
2,418 words, approx. 8 pages
This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English or Cockney. Spelling of some of these words may be variable (for example, schlep is also seen as shlep, schnoz as... 
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 Midstream From Yiddish to English: the humor of it all.(word translations)
07/01/2007: 2,478 words, approx. 8 pages The impact of Yiddish on American English goes far beyond the "Borscht Belt" words and expressions I grew up with related to the physicality of life such as bupkes, drishke, greps, grob, kishkes, knish, kvetch, pupik, and various words not to be mentioned... summary from source:
The Jewish Week A New Yiddish Theater -- In English
06/03/2005: 1,122 words, approx. 4 pages Merwin, Ted The Jewish Week 06-03-2005 Former Folksbiene artists want upstart company to steer clear of lightweight fare. First up: A lurid tale of incest and murder in pre-Revolutionary Russia. In the heyday of the Second Avenue Yiddish stage in America, during...
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