chazzerai
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yiddish חזירײַ (khazeray, “filth, mess, dirty trick”), from Hebrew חזיר (khazír, “pig”).
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Noun[edit]
chazzerai (uncountable)
- (slang) Junk; trash; anything worthless.
- That movie was nothing but chazzerai.
- (slang) Food that is awful
- Who could eat such chazzerai?
- (slang) Anything disgusting or loathsome.
- A good deal of contemporary theater strikes me as chazzerai.
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References[edit]
- Rosten, Leo. (1968). The Joys of Yiddish. New York: Washington Square Press, pp. 90-91.