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Friday word: Aroysgevorfen

Oct 11, 2019 16:47

Aroysgevorfen, adj.: thrown out

Pronounced ah-ROYCE-ge-vor-fen, the royce rhyming with "choice", the vorfen with "orphan". Yiddish, from German ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

sallymn October 12 2019, 00:57:43 UTC

Oooh, that would come in useful.... :)

med_cat October 14 2019, 08:35:46 UTC

Glad you think so! I love Leo Rosten ( ... )

sallymn October 16 2019, 08:31:31 UTC

Thanks! That's such a fun little snippet...

med_cat October 16 2019, 12:40:29 UTC

It's a very fun book! I whole-heartedly recommend it (the original, 1960s-70s edition, not the updated/revised one)

Glad you enjoyed!