busha

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Pronunciations

busha (BOO-shah) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A disgrace, shame, embarrassment.

Example Sentences

  • "What, he ran a way with a graduate student? And in the middle of a semester? What a busha!"

  • "What a busha to use a tattoo that’s asur to honor a jew" (source)

  • "if only wouldn’t broadcast the fact that he’s jewish-what a busha." (source)

  • "For the locations with Hebrew names, standardize them, so that, for example, on road 4 you don't have two signs within a hundred meters of each other with one showing En Hod, the other; Ein Hawd! What a Busha! (LOL)" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בושה > Y בושה bushe

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      bushah, bushe, busheh, bishe, bisheh, busheh

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