loshon

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Definitions

  • n. Diction.

  • n. Terminology.

Example Sentences

  • “His loshon made me think he was actually more enthusiastic than he let on.” (Weiser)

  • “The new bochur has gevaltike kishroinos, but it's poshut not shayach for him to hear Rebbe's lomdus in shiur until he can chap the yeshivishe loshon.” (Weiser)

  • "Additionally, (and it shouldn’t be that it has to come to this, as the RaMBa”M is extremely clear in his loshon that once a person passes away they cannot be moshiach, including after a techiya,) the Rebbe ZY”A in his works about moshiach never implies that moshiach will be from those that passed away." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH לשון 'lit. tongue' > Y לשון loshn

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      loshen, loshin, lushin, lushen, lushon

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