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Dec 13, 2011

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Words borrowed from Yiddish

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nosh
naches
schmutz
kosher
schlockmeister

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naches

PRONUNCIATION:

(NAKH-es)

MEANING:

noun: Emotional gratification or pride, especially taken vicariously at the achievement of one's children.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish (nakhes), from Hebrew nakhat (contentment). Earliest documented use: 1929. Also see kvell.

USAGE:

"So while I love living in this adopted country of mine, I will never get the naches from shopping here that I do in America."
Ann Kleinberg; Confessions of a Mad Shopper; The Jerusalem Post (Israel); Sep 5, 2003.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while still alive. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)

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