Frum Slang | Imamother

preciousmommy

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 7:25 pm

Raisin wrote:

I used to think tumult was a yiddish word. LOL

And my husband was positive that dais was a yiddish word.

↑ b.chadash ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 7:31 pm

This is not exclusive to frum people, but I see it all the time:
Advocado for avocado
"I would of.." instead of "I would have"
In the midwest they say acrost instead of across

↑ b.chadash ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 7:35 pm

preciousmommy wrote:

And my husband was positive that dais was a yiddish word.

When you're seated at the dais you get to spew forth your dayis...

boat

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:20 pm

b.chadash wrote:

"I would of.." instead of "I would have"

You are probably hearing "I would've..." which is correct

iammom

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:30 pm

Is stretchie a Jewish word? My phone doesn’t seem to recognize the word (I’m referring to a baby stretchie)

↑ Chana Miriam S ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:38 pm

emmes wrote:

Nothing wrong here. Supper is the evening meal. Dinner is the main meal of the day, either lunch or supper. Depends on what country you are in.

It’s my experience that this is regional. Depends on your origins AND where you live. This discussion has taken place frequently on my Facebook on various friend’s pages.

↑ Chana Miriam S ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:43 pm

b.chadash wrote:

Juxtaposition /juxtaposed
Not really slang, but its Artscrollian language, and I don't think you will ever see it outside of the frum world.

I use this word all the time. I have an English degree though, so maybe that’s why I think it’s normal.

↑ mommy9

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:45 pm

preciousmommy wrote:

And my husband was positive that dais was a yiddish word.

I used to think frigidaire was yiddish for refrigerator. My grandmother used to talk about her frigidaire.

↑ nchr

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:47 pm

andrea levy wrote:

I use this word all the time. I have an English degree though, so maybe that’s why I think it’s normal.

I hear secular people use it as well.

↑ Chana Miriam S

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:49 pm

chanatron1000 wrote:

TIL frum people in the US and Canada speak a little bit more like the English.

Say what? This is not true at all. Canadians spell like the British, but none of us, frum or no, speak the that way. Canadians do spell some things like in the uk. Neither canadians or Americans us have the same nomenclature as Britain.

↑ Amelia Bedelia ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 8:51 pm

iammom wrote:

Is stretchie a Jewish word? My phone doesn’t seem to recognize the word (I’m referring to a baby stretchie)

https://www.dictionary.com/bro.....text=

↑ b.chadash ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 9:02 pm

boat wrote:

You are probably hearing "I would've..." which is correct

I see this in writing.

#BestBubby ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 9:44 pm

Chassidish: Saying "recess" instead of "snack" as in "Can I have recess?" I've even heard teachers telling kids to take out their "recess"

Saying "pampers" for "diapers"

Overusing the word "gorgeous"

Asking "can you borrow me a pencil?" in yiddish the same word is used for borrow and
lend but not in english.

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↑ #BestBubby ↓

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 9:46 pm

I think "nebby" is frum slang. From the word "nebach".

↑ #BestBubby

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 9:55 pm

Chassidish: Saying "from" instead of "of". In yiddish "of" is "fun" which sounds like "from".

I even had a chassidish boy READ "on top from the table" when that is NOT
what it said in the book!

Also, Chassidish people say "gutter" for "street" as in "Don't go in the gutter!"

happy to be me

Sat, Feb 29 2020, 10:47 pm

A lot of these examples sound more like improper grammatic usage or mistakes made by people for whom English is not their first language. I wouldn't call it slang.

moonstone ↓

Sun, Mar 01 2020, 12:52 am

happy to be me wrote:

A lot of these examples sound more like improper grammatic usage or mistakes made by people for whom English is not their first language. I wouldn't call it slang.

I agree. Slang would be cute or amusing, while these mistakes just make people sound dumb:

Stay by/eat by
Aside for
Do I must
Move into my mother
I'm married x years (instead of I've been married)

And there are so many others. These mistakes make me cringe.

forgetit ↓

Sun, Mar 01 2020, 12:55 am

#BestBubby wrote:

Also, Chassidish people say "gutter" for "street" as in "Don't go in the gutter!"

I actually know gutter from "10 Angry Men".