shviger

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Definitions

  • n. A mother-in-law.

Example Sentences

  • "I'd love to marry Barry but I could not stand to have his mother as my Shviger, she's a nightmare" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שװיגער shviger

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      shvigger, schviger, schvigger

Notes

  • The male counterpart is shver.

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