vep

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Definitions

  • n. An uninteresting person, a bore.

Example Sentences

  • “I was stuck next to some vep for four hours in the plane. I couldn't bear talking to him.” (Weiser)

  • "I told him, that if not for him mentioning it, the whole Zionist cause it would sink into oblivion, because it is only celebrated now by a few old veppers and means little to any one else." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װעפּן 'to evaporate'

      • 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

      vepper, veper

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