Yiddish is such a colourful language, with so very many detailed personal opinions !
Who hasn’t heard every one of these from their parents ?
Mr Shlump – the guy who walks about in clothes he’s been wearing all week.
Mr Shloch- the guy who walks about in clothes he’s been wearing all year
Mr Mommser – the guy who you don’t want to know.
Mr Shpilkes – the guy who’s always worried
Mr Tsirres – the guy who’s got reason to be worried because he’s in trouble
Mr Shtuch – the guy who’s also in trouble but it’s a bit more trouble
Mr Dr’erd _ the guy who’s in even more trouble
Mr Mittandring – the guy who’s in even more trouble
Mr Dreck – the guy who’s crap
Mr Nebbish – the guy who looks like he’s turned everything into crap
Mr Varkakhte – the guy who looks like he’s crapped himself
Mr Bubkes – the guy who talks rubbish
Mr Pisher – the guy who is rubbish
Mr Bubbele – the guy who is so much of a mummy’s boy he’s a grandmother’s boy
Mr Shmerel – the guy who’s a bit of a fool
Mr Shlemiel – the other guy who’s a bit of a fool
Mr Shmendrik – and another guy who’s a bit of fool
Mr Kvell – the guy who’s very proud of his son for having made some soup
Mr Kvetsh – the guy who moans about the soup
Mr Chup – the guy who slurps the soup
Mr Shmalts – the guy who’s dribbled the soup down his front
Mr Shnorrer -the guy who wants your soup
Mr Chap – the guy who grabs your soup
Mr Chazze – the guy who can’t stop having soup
Mr Shmooze – the guy who sweet-talks you to get your soup off you
Mr Zhuzh – the guy who can turn a lousy soup into a good soup
Mr Knakke – the guy who thinks he knows more than your son about how to make soup
Mr Meshugge – the guy who talks nonsense about the soup
Mr Kibbitz – the guy who wants to have a chat while you’re having the soup
Mr Yachner – the guy who can’t stop talking about the soup
Mr Gantse Magilla – the guy who talks about every single thing that’s in the soup
Mr Gubba – the guy who tells you how to make the soup
Mr Ganuf – the guy who nicks your soup
Mr Shtum – the guy who keeps quiet about the guy who nicked your soup
Mr Kishkes – the guy who says that soup gives him a belly-ache
Mr Greps – the guy who has his soup and burps
Mr Fotz -the guy who has his soup and farts
Mr Gantse Macher – the guy who owns the soup factory
Mr Bocher – the guy who’s reading a book about the soup.
