umgelumpert
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adj. Awkward, clumsy.
Example Sentences
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"In advance of our annual awkward ('umgelumpert) Thanksgiving conversation,
thought I’d let you know up front that yes, I’m still single ('eyntsik'), and no, I still
haven’t gotten a real job." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
אומגעלומפּערט umgelumpert
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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