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.