shkotzim
English
editEtymology
editFrom Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃkɑtsɪm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃkɒtsɪm/
Noun
editshkotzim
- 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!