chazir

Alternative Spellings

chozzer, chazer, khazir, khazer, chazzer

Definitions

• 1. pork 2. a pig, greedy person (JPS)

Example Sentences

• "Don't be such a chazir. Leave some food for other people."

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew, Yiddish

Etymology

Heb חזיר khazír, Yiddish חזיר kházer

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).