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Feb 11, 2004

This week's theme
Words borrowed from Yiddish

This week's words
schlock
nudnik
kvell
schmaltz
tsuris

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kvell

verb intr.: To feel proud; to beam; to gloat.

[From Yiddish kveln, from German quellen (to gush, to well up).]

"However, Chet landed happily at NECN, where he is admired and coddled by management who can't kvell enough about Chet."
Monica Collins; 'Dog Days' a Sunny Walk in the Park; Boston Herald; Oct 20, 2002.

"His tone dared me not to celebrate, dared me not to kvell."
Mimi Harrison; Das Kapital; The Washington Post; Mar 12, 2000.

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