ongepotchket

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Pronunciations

ongepatchky (AWN-ge-PATSH-key) listen
ongepotchket (ON-ge-POTSH-ket) listen
ungepatchke (UNG-guh-PAHTCH-kuh) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Overly elaborate, excessively and unaesthetically decorated, slapped together senselessly, overdone, tacky, ostentatious.

Example Sentences

  • "The lampshade was a nice color but too ongepatchke for the room."

  • "She preferred a plain china pattern but the one the saleslady showed her was angepatchkit."

  • "Those decorations weren't nice. It was just ungepatchke."

  • "Yeah, the recipe is good but honestly, it's ungepatchke." (30-something San Francisco Jew)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אָנגעפּאַטשקעט óngepatshket, past participle of infinitive אָנפּאַטשקען ónpatshken 'to soil, mess up; scribble'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain

      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).

      Alternative Spellings

      ahngepatshkeyed, ahngepatshkit, ahngepatshky, ahngepatshkey, ahngepatshket, ahngepatshke, ahngepatchky, ahngepatchkit, ahngepatchkeyed, ahngepatchkey, ahngepatchket, ahngepatchke, ahngepotchke, ahngepotchket, ahngepotchkey, ahngepotchkeyed, ahngepotchkit, ahngepotchky, ahngepotshke, ahngepotshket, ahngepotshkey, ahngepotshkeyed, ahngepotshkit, ahngepotshky, angepatchke, angepatchket, angepatchkey, angepatchkeyed, angepatchkit, angepatchky, angepatshke, angepatshket, angepatshkey, angepatshkeyed, angepatshkit, angepatshky, angepotchke, angepotchket, angepotchkey, angepotchkeyed, angepotchkit, angepotchky, angepotshke, angepotshket, angepotshkey, angepotshkeyed, angepotshkit, angepotshky, ongepatchke, ongepatchket, ongepatchkey, ongepatchkeyed, ongepatchkit, ongepatchky, ongepatshke, ongepatshket, ongepatshkey, ongepatshkeyed, ongepatshkit, ongepatshky, ongepotchke, ongepotchkey, ongepotchkeyed, ongepotchkit, ongepotchky, ongepotshke, ongepotshket, ongepotshkey, ongepotshkeyed, ongepotshkit, ongepotshky, ungepatchke, ungepatchket, ungepatchkey, ungepatchkeyed, ungepatchkit, ungepatchky, ungepatshke, ungepatshket, ungepatshkey, ungepatshkeyed, ungepatshkit, ungepatshky, ungepotchke, ungepotchket, ungepotchkey, ungepotchkeyed, ungepotchkit, ungepotchky, ungepotshke, ungepotshket, ungepotshkey, ungepotshkeyed, ungepotshkit, ungepotshky, farffpotshket, ungepotshke

Notes

  • Accents on first and third syllable: AWN-ge-PATCH-kit.

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