false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171497790m/103438.jpg 103442 14 Leo Rosten left a great legacy of Jewish culture with his classic informal lexicon of Yiddish. Rosten defines (by synonym, anecdote, and joke) the words that have made it into common parlance (like chutzpah, schlep, and schmooze) as well as a choice collection of less integrated but equally rich vocabulary such as schmatte (a rag, i.e. what a schmatte you're wearing), chozzerai (literally "pig food," now denoting crap or junk food), and hundreds more. First published in 1968, Rosten's aptly named compendium still sings with humorous erudition. 1123935 1968 The Joys of Yiddish total:112|5:46|4:36|3:28|2:1|1:1| 112 461 181 17 5 1 false false Thu Jul 09 20:45:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 20:46:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Wed Apr 29 11:10:23 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 11:11:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 14:06:11 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:06:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 12:21:16 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:21:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 23:12:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 23:22:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 14 10:42:46 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 10:42:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Mon Oct 06 11:42:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 11:47:28 -0700 2008 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Dec 15 11:54:24 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 12:07:41 -0800 2008 think they're Afrikaners are actually, secretly, deep in their bones, Yiddish. And the reverse is probably true...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 27 13:08:05 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 13:08:05 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 11 13:05:51 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 13:11:09 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Jul 12 08:49:50 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 08:54:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jan 12 16:30:17 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 16:31:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 09 17:35:32 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:38:35 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Oct 21 07:07:20 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 07:08:18 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Aug 15 10:37:09 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 10:39:54 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Apr 24 13:56:29 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 13:57:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 18:40:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:40:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 01 04:13:33 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 04:13:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 22 18:40:06 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 18:40:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 12:35:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 12:35:49 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=103438