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HUMOR and Yiddish

From:Freedberg, Bruce <bruce.freedberg@...>
Date:Thursday, September 19, 2002, 12:58
RE:  shlimmiel and shlimazel

The general semantic territory of human types and foibles which these occupy
also includes other Yiddish characterizations of similar ilk, e.g. :
schmendrik
schmeggege
fonfer
shmuck
shmeckel
shmeckeleineh
 etc.

B. Freedberg