What's a Tuna Bagel? (describing a cool chossid)

Gold Member Joined: Nov 26 2006 Posts: 2307 Location: NY

Where in the world does this term come from?

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I've heard that the guy will be in the bagel store and order a "tuna beigel" in a chassidish accent (too bad you can only read and can't hear it here)...

Posted: Sun, Apr 19 2009, 8:16 pm Post subject:

huh ?!?!?!
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Posted: Sun, Apr 19 2009, 8:17 pm Post subject:

I didn't think the term referred to someone "cool"

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tu-nah buy-gil Laughing

I think my dh said it's a bummy chassidish boy because he can't say bagel, only bygil.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 26 2006 Posts: 2307 Location: NY

so he's bummy BECAUSE he says "bai- gil"? Or is there something inherently bummy about a tuna bagel? Still don't really get it... ;D

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He's a bummy chassidish guy that tries to act act and dress cool. But he still can't hide who he really is. When he orders a tuna bagel he'll ask for a tun buy-gil.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 26 2006 Posts: 2307 Location: NY

OMG, LOL! That's so funny, I've been hearing that term from my 14 yr old dd and her friend lately!

They told me the same thing that mamaluv explained.

Posted: Sun, Apr 19 2009, 11:49 pm Post subject:

you can take the yid outta the garb but you can't take the accent outta da yid ... vus vilst du What

Silver Member Joined: Jan 05 2006 Posts: 553

I was walking with my friend and we saw a chassidisha boy wearing these real tiny green glasses, talking on his blackberry, and she says to me "They call these guys "tuna beigels". for some reason I have been laughing at that description for the last 3 days.

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oh I just heard about this- I think its hysterical!

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I actually find this term corny.

That is CRaaaaazy!!!
Maybe we can come up with something infinately better than a Tuna Bagel
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Posted: Wed, Dec 02 2009, 6:20 am Post subject:

that's amazing

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I think this term is a brooklyn thing

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Definitely a Brooklyn thing, but it really works. My sister married a tuna buygil- I heard this term for the first time when she was dating him! It has taken us the two years they are married to really understand who he is- but he fits your descriptions exactly. We are all out of towners.

Gold Member Joined: Mar 08 2008 Posts: 2200

It's like greenfire says, and I have heard this term in reference to this "You can take a boy outta Satmar but you can't take Satmar out of a boy". The minute they open their mouth, it's a dead giveaway!
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