Every Goy's Guide to Common Jewish Expressions

Download or read book Every Goy's Guide to Common Jewish Expressions written by Arthur Naiman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: dredl: A dump little square top that won't spin right to play with on Chanukah. from that you make a living?: The correct response to someone who tells you they're an artist, a musician, a writer, or a blue-collar worker. goyim nakhes: The kind of things that gratify the stereotypical goy-a new motor home, bagging the limit duck hunting, a promotion to major, etc. mother (Jewish): I don't personally believe that Jewish mothers are all that different from other kinds of mothers. For one thing, my mother was nothing like the stereotype. She used to abandon me on our cabin floor for days at a time while she went out deer hunting...