umgelumpert

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Definitions

  • adj. Awkward, clumsy.

Example Sentences

  • "In advance of our annual awkward ('umgelumpert) Thanksgiving conversation,
    thought I’d let you know up front that yes, I’m still single ('eyntsik'), and no, I still
    haven’t gotten a real job." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אומגעלומפּערט umgelumpert

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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