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goyish
"in the manner or style of a non-Jewish person" (JPS), especially something WASPy or "white bread"
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ongepotchket
"Excessively and unaesthetically decorated; overly baroque." (Rosten)
overly elaborate, excessively decorated, slapped together senselessly, overdone, tacky, ostentatious, overcomplicated.
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shnook
"An incompetent person who is deserving of pity but also likable" (JPS); "A customer easily persuaded, a sucker." (H.L. Mencken, American Language)
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yenta
"A scandal spreader, a rumormongerer." (Rosten). Usually applied to women.
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