[Lizavetta]

Yiddish is the perfect language of disdain. “Schmuck,” “schlemiel,” “putz,” “bupkus”, “tookus,” “schlep,” “shiksa,” ... what great words! It would be a shame to lose that lexicon.

You forgot schmendrick!

[The Antiyuppie]

It certainly has contributed to American English all out of proportion to the number of speakers, certainly related to the contributions of the people themselves...I loved reading “The Education of Hyman Kaplan”, which my mom gave to me.