moykhl
Definitions
interj. (ironic) No thanks; never mind.
Example Sentences
"Want a kick right up your you’ll-pardon-the-expression?" "Moykhl. No thanks!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y מוחל moykhl
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
moichl, moychl, moikhl, moychel, moykhel, moikhel, moichel
Notes
See also to be moichel.
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