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Yinglish, n. (a.) orig. U.S.|ˈjɪnglɪʃ|
[f. Yiddish n. (a.) + English n.]
A jocular name for a blend of English and Yiddish spoken in the United States; a form of English containing many Yiddishisms. Also attrib. or as adj.
1951W. & S. Schack in Commentary Dec. 586/2 A Jewish American theater in which..the material is of mixed nature, and the language neither the King's English nor the rebbetzin's Yiddish but a crossbreed that we might call ‘Yinglish’. 1953H. J. Gans in Amer. Q. V. 213 (title) The ‘Yinglish’ music of Mickey Katz. Ibid. 215 Katz's life is as Yinglish as the concept of a Bar Mitzvah ranch. 1967N.Y. Times 6 Apr. 44 This show..is a mixture of Yinglish (English with Yiddish) and Yidlish (Yiddish with English). 1968[see O.K. adj. a]. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish iii. 372 Yinglish. This coined term describes English that contains Yiddish idiom, pronunciation and/or intonation. 1974Observer 31 Mar. 39/4 The text, written in Yinglish and American, abounds in euphemisms. 1983Listener 7 July 20/3 One of the joys of the Oxford American Dictionary is searching out the progress of Yinglish. |