A schifing schifing refers to the anal orifice. I made up the term and started using this term as a replacement for the ‘sphincter’ a term I used to use on the show many times. Many of my neologisms and word inventions come from plays on Yiddish words I’ve heard over the years; many of which have a characteristic ‘sch’ sound like the words listed below.

SAYKHEL: Common sense.

SCHLOCK: A shoddy, cheaply made article, something thats been knocked around.

SCHMALTZ: Literally chicken fat. Usually refers to overly emotional and sentimental behavior.

SCHMUCK: A vulgarism for penis, strong putdown for a jerk, a detestable person.

SHADKHEN: a professional matchmaker.

SHANDA: A shame, a scandal. The expression “a shanda fur die goy” means to do something embarrassing to Jews where non-Jews can observe it.

SHAYGETS: A gentile boy and man, also means a clever lad or rascal.

SHAYNER: Pretty, wholesomely attractive, as in shayner maidel (woman.)

SHIKSA: A gentile girl or woman.

SHLEMIEL: A dummy; someone who is taken advantage of, a born loser.

SHLEP: To carry or to move about. Can refer to a person, a “shlepper,” who is unkempt and has no ambition.

SHLIMAZL: A chronically unlucky person, a born loser, when a shlimazl sells umbrella the sun comes out.

SHMENDRICK: A weak and thin pipsqueak. The opposite of mensch, a a physically small shlemiel.

SHMEGEGGE: A petty person, an untalented person.

SHMATTA: A rag, often used as a putdown for clothes of the unfashionably dressed.

SHMEER: To spread as in to “shmeer” butter on bread. Can also mean to bribe and can refer to the “whole package”, as in I’ll accept the whole shmeer.

SHMOOZ: To hang out with, a friendly gossipy talk.

SHMUTZIK: Dirt.

SHNORRER: A begger, a moocher, a cheapskate, a chiseler.

SHNOZ: A Nose. Jimmy Durante was known as a the great shnoz.

SHTETL: A Jewish ghetto village.

SHTIK: A stick or thing. Often refers to an individual’s unique way of presenting themselves, as in “She is doing her shtik.”

SHTUNK: A stinker, a nasty person or a scandalous mess.

SHTUP: An expression for sexual intercourse, to “screw.”

SHVITZ: To sweat, also refers to a Turkish bath house. A shvitzer means a braggart, a showoff.

SHVANTZ: A word for penis.

SPIEL: To play, as in to play a game.

Spliting hairs stacy, spliting hairs!

Your truly didn’t miss it! see above in the comments.

@Stacy

I hear Max does Donny Osmond is gonna be used as a method of torture at Guantanamo and Diego Garcia….

Get that “turn around pick up a bail of cotton” tune back up from the old karmabanque radio site. Now THAT was some good singin’ y’all!!

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/05/22/afx6455467.html

I found very interesting comment about current order in world economy:

The problem with “headquarterization” (Comment N-r 49):
http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2009/01/can-the-us-economy-afford-a-keynesian-stimulus/

Here Are some Facts:

I am from Bulgaria (Eastern Europe) and also a CIMA student. Working as cost accountant/controller in German manufacturer full-time and earn monthly about 500 EURO=>450 GBP in Sofia(Bulgaria).

Well in Bulgaria food and petrol are not cheaper than any European country or differences are not more then 5-10%. Cars are also not cheaper and in many ways are more expensive.

Because of stupid debt and real-estate bubble, our economy receives unsustainable growth and whole capital (human, financial and machine) goes there. So, now what is there productivity? How will generate foreign currency net cash flow? How will pay their debt? Maybe, Austrian banks have very hard time now, because they give us money for some buildings, which will not manufacture anything…(no cash in from foreign-export).

So, now I see light in tunnel, because we have a chance to rebuild our economy and transfer our capital to productive industries. Yep, this will be with the cost of many job losses and a lot of pain, but we should.

What I see in UK and USA, that there is no will for rebuilding their economis and whole these new debts will prolong there bubbles and ruin more.

Do you think, that you (they) are 5-10 times more productive then me (us) to receive 5-10 times more income? I am not so sure, but maybe I am wrong?

If developed countries don’t rebuild their economies and continue with this standard of living, there will be further transfer of manufacturing capacity to countries like Bulgaria….More debt and of course collapse….

Anyway, Greetings from Sofia! Be smart and have fun.