broiges

Definitions

• adj. Angry, annoyed.
  

• n. A dispute.
  

Example Sentences

• "The winning hand was to send a card to somebody that you clearly had been broiges with who was not expecting a card from you." (source)
  

• "There was a big broiges in the family after the Zaide was niftar."
  

• "Everyone in that shul is broiges."
  

• "He's brauches with us because we didn't call him on his birthday."
  

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Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish
• Judeo-German

Etymology

• From Heb ברוגז b'rogez 'in anger', through Yiddish ברוגז broyges 'angry; a broken relationship, a quarrel'
  

Who Uses This

• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• Great Britain
• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• 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).
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Alternative Spellings

brauches, broygez, broyges, broigez, broges, brogez, berogez, beroygez, beroigez, beroges, beroyges, beroiges