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a) Callista Flockhart b) Kate Moss c) Kirstie Alley d) Woody Allen
Zoftig literally means "juicy" but it refers to a voluptuous female.
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2) You're driving around in eckveldt [nowheresville] and have no idea where you are. You are:
a) farblunget - completely lost b) farklempt - overwrought c) farputzt - overly made up/over-dressed d) farshvitzed - all sweated up
3) You found it! The Holy Grail! A $2000 designer dress for just $39.95! You've found a: a) mechaiyeh - great physical pleasure b) mishpucheh - family c) machashafer - witch d) metziah - bargain
4) Which one of these people has/had a "ferbisseneh punim?" [sour/bitter face] a) Michael Jackson b) Dick Cheney c) Barbra Streisand d) Julia Roberts
a) poulkie - thigh b) potchki - a mess or v. mess around c) pupik - belly button d) punim - face
7) Which of these is NOT an insult:
a) shana yid - beautiful Jew (referring to their soul; i.e. a fine, decent, upstanding person.) b) shmegeggie - doofus c) shmendrik - another kind of doofus d) shlub - slob
a) fershtayst - understand? b) farblunget - lost c) fertchadet - confused d) fershikert - drunk
a) shmaltz - chicken fat b) luckshen kugel - noodle pudding c) milkhig un flayshig - milk and meat d) kasha varnishkes - buckwheat groats with bowtie pasta
10) Of these various uses of "kishka", which one is incorrect? a) "Yes, waiter. I'll have the roast chicken with a side order of kishka." b) "That Yetta, she's such a piece of kishka!" c) "After twenty years of keeping secrets, he finally went to a shrink and spilled his kishkas." d) "If anyone ever tried to mug me, boy, I'd give him such a chamalyiah in the kishkas!"
Kishka is guts, in the literal and figurative sense. It's also Jewish soul food -- spiced matzo meal, stuffed into a sausage casing (i.e. intestines or guts), then sliced and fried. Mmmmmm!
11. Of this list, who is/was the most "ungeshtupped mit gelt?" [loaded/stuffed with money.]
a) Mitt Romney b) Honey Boo-Boo c) Neil Armstrong d) Lance Armstrong
12) Which one of these people might be described as a “trombenik?”
a) YoYo Ma b) Donald Trump c) Albert Einstein d) Neil Degrasse Tyson
Trombenik is a blowhard, someone who "toots their own horn."
13) If you had kookl-hist [whooping cough] you'd probably want a:
a) krankshvester - nurse b) shlosser - mechanic (or hit man) c) mosser - stool pigeon d) moyhel - ritual circumsizer
© 2003 - 2013 Adrienne E. Gusoff/Bubbygram.com All rights reserved 14. If you dreamed you had a visit from the Malach ha-Movis [Angel of Death] you had a:
a) fortzenzoffer - loud, stinky fart b) klemerl - paper clip c) moyleyzl - mule d) beyzer kholem - bad dream
15. Which of these things would you least want to find in your house:
a) a murashke - ant b) a moyshe-rabeynes kiele - lady bug c) a vantz - bedbug d) a shpin - spider
16) Which one of these is not edible: a) vaynshl - cherry b) borifkas - blueberries c) negl-sherl - fingernail d) retekh - radish
17. If you've spend the day shlepping [carrying/hauling] a lot of heavy stuff, you might need everything below except:
a) shvitzbod - steam bath b) kapelye - musical band/orchestra c) dreml - nap d) killa bendl - hernia truss
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