upshlug

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Definitions

  • n. A refutation.

Example Sentences

  • "Rav Ashi offers as an upshlug (on amud bais) that maybe the mishna is really talking about that the guy was the one who stopped the chupah but since in the raisha it was talking about her so the loshon continued into the saifa." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אָפּשלאָגן opshlogn 'to knock off, repel; reflect' dissuade'

      • 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

      opshlug, opshlog, upshlog

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