SHADCHAN

PRONUNCIATION: (SHAHT-khuhn)

MEANING: noun: A matchmaker or a marriage-broker.

ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish shadkhan, from Hebrew. Earliest documented use: 1890.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong. -Richard Feynman, physicist, Nobel laureate (11 May 1918-1988)

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SHADCHEN -- a small female German fish