shkotzim

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃkɑtsɪm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃkɒtsɪm/

Noun

shkotzim

1. plural of shegetz
   • 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint:

     ...my father made it sound to me like Roosevelt in the White House in Washington ... and all the while how he hated their guts ... oh the whole pack of them up there in Massachusetts, shkotzim fox-hunting! playing polo!