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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "tsotchkes" #14597 01/04/2001 6:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 taf stranger taf stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 I recently ran across the word "tsotchkes" in a book and I have been unable to find any definition of same. Can anyone help me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14598 01/04/2001 6:37 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass could you be meaning "tchotchke", knickknack, trinket, gimcrack, whigmaleerie, etc? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14599 01/04/2001 8:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 You'll find different spellings. It's another word from Yiddish. Stuff, junk, odds 'n' ends. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14600 01/04/2001 8:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 taf stranger taf stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 Yes, that must be the word . . . guess I just "mis remembered" the spelling. Do you have any idea of its origin? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14601 01/04/2001 11:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I know it's from Yiddish, but I'll leave the etymology search to tsuwm, already. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14602 01/05/2001 12:18 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass OED gives two (2) major sp. variants: tsatske, tchotchke [a. Yiddish, f. Slavonic (cf. Russ. tsatska).] A trinket or gewgaw; transf., a pretty girl. Also "tsatskeleh [Yiddish -le dim. suff.], an affectionate diminutive of tsatske. the first citation is from 1964(!) and this from: 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 408 Tsatske and tchotchke are used interchangeably.+ At one time+West End Avenue in New York had an inordinately high proportion of tchotchkies. so we're left to wonder if he meant gewgaws or pretty girls... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "tsotchkes" #14603 01/05/2001 3:47 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Is there a strong correlation between gewgaws and pretty girls? (leering male chauvinist pig emoticon) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,303 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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