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Of course, Mr. Roth had prepared a love song for the wedding, “I’m Kvellin’ for Ellen,” using the Yiddishism for an expression of pride or excitement.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2016
If I may borrow a Yiddishism Shlomo favors throughout “Soul Doctor”: gevalt.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2013
The “regular fellow” insinuation advances the familiar class-warfare narrative, with the Yiddishism serving as the descriptivist counterpart to Fowler’s roast beef and White’s pipe and slippers.
From Slate • May 31, 2012
That New York politicians resort to an occasional Yiddishism, whether or not they’re Jewish, is an old story.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2011
The actor Michael Douglas was the first to call him a “mensch”—from a Yiddishism for a person of integrity.
From Newsweek
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