vantz

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Pronunciations

vantz (VAHNTZ) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A bedbug.

  • n. By extension, an annoying person.

Example Sentences

  • "My family always affectionately dubbed my brother, Howard, a vantz." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װאַנץ vants

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      vonts, vontz, vants

Notes

  • Not to be confused with vontses.

    One user suggests that the term has been used affectionately in Jewish English to refer to mischievous children.

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