Bubbe-gum: (n.) Candy one’s mother gives to her grandchildren that she never gave to her own children.

Chutzpapa: (n.) A father who wakes his wife at 4 a.m. so she can change the baby’s diaper.

Déjà nu: (n.) Having the feeling you’ve seen the same exasperated look on your mother’s face, but not knowing exactly when.

Disoriyenta: (n.) When Aunt Linda gets lost in a department store and strikes up a conversation with everyone she passes.

Feelawful: (n.) Indigestion from eating Israeli street food, especially falafel.

Hebort: (v.) To forget all the Hebrew one ever learned immediately after one’s bar or bat mitzvah.

Impasta: (n.) A Jew who starts eating leavened foods before the end of Passover.

Jewbilation: (n.) Pride in finding out that one’s favorite celebrity is Jewish or that your offspring is marrying a Jewish person.

Jewdo: (n.) A traditional form of self-defense based on talking one’s way out of a tight spot.

Kinders shlep: (v.) To transport other kids besides yours in your car.

Mamatzah balls: (n.) Matzah balls that are as good as your mother used to make.

Matzilation: (v.) Smashing a piece of matzah to bits while trying to butter it.

Meinstein: (slang) “My son, the genius!”

Mishpochadots: (n.) The assorted lipstick and makeup stains found on your face and collar after getting kissed by all your aunts and cousins at a reception.

Re-shtetlement: (n.) Moving from Brooklyn to Boca Raton and finding all your old neighbors live in the same condo building as you.

Rosh Hashana-na-na: (n.) A rock ’n’ roll band from Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Shofarsogut: (n.) The relief you feel when, after many attempts, the shofar is finally blown at the end of Yom Kippur.

Torahfied: (n.) Inability to recite one’s lines when called to read from the Torah at one’s bar or bat mitzvah (or from the haggadah at Passover).

Trayffic Accident: (n.) An appetizer one finds out has pork.

Yidentify: (v.) To be able to determine Jewish origins of celebrities, even though their names might be St. John , Curtis, Davis or Taylor.

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