oilam
Pronunciations
olam | (OY-luhm) | listen |
Definitions
n. The world; the public.
n. A group of people.
Example Sentences
"I was just by a bunch of your chevre last Motzei Shabbos. Nu? Wanna tell the oilam?"
"The yeshivishe oilam doesn't watch TV (Weiser 75)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- English
Etymology
עולם - world, public, audience
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Yeshivish
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Who Uses This
Regions
Dictionaries
Alternative Spellings
oylem, oylam
Notes
One contributor writes: After a game of Jewish Geography, you take a Snapchat selfie with the person/people in question to let your mutual friends know that you ran into each other, and you say, "Wanna tell the oilam?"
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