Jewish Word Glossary

F

Falasha

lit.=wanderer: derogatory name for Ethiopian Jews

"Far vus?"

(Yid.) for what, why

farbissener 

(Yid.) stubborn one

farblonget

(Yid.) lost

farbrecher

lit.=breaker: (Yid.) con man

farbrengen

(Yid.) party [n], esp. religious or family

farbrent

(Yid.) burning; zealous

farfallen

(Yid.) collapsed, fallen in; lost, a lost cause

fargengin

(Yid.) pleasure

farkrenk

lit=for sickness: (Yid.) spend money on illness [v]

felafel

pita sandwich with fried chick-pea balls

ferdrimmeled

(Yid.) dreaming, daydreaming

ferklempt

(Yid.) clenched

fermished

(Yid.) mixed up, messed up

ferpitzed

(Yid.) dressed up

fershtays

(Yid.) understand

fershimmeled

(Yid.) moldy

fershluginer

(Yid.) "slugged," beaten, defeated

ferschnoshked

(Yid.) drunk

fertootsed

(Yid.) over-dressed, overdone

FFB

"frum from birth," as opposed to a ba'al teshuva

fleischig

containing or relating to meat

foilishtik

(Yid) foolish

fress

(Yid.) gobble

fresser

(Yid.) glutton

freylach

(Yid.) festive

frosk

(Yid.) slap

frum

lit.=pious: observant of halachah

fumfer

(Yid.) mumble