chaloshes
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Pronunciations

chaloshes (khah-LUH-shess)
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Definitions

  • n. Something disgusting.

  • interj. 'That's awful!'

  • adj. (sometimes preceded by 'a') Disgusting, revolting.

  • n. Nausea.

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Example Sentences

  • "We also use it when vegetables or herbs go bad and look gross we say it looks chaloshes/farshimilt " (source)

  • “The meal was a khaloshes to eat.” (NJY)

  • “The movie? Sheer khaloshes!” (NJY)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חלשות khaloshes

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      khaloshes, chalushis, khalushis

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