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  2. Jul 9, 2024 · It comes to English from the Yiddish word megile, which is itself from the Hebrew mĕgillāh, meaning 'scroll.' Example: "Yesterday I was sore on the whole Megillah down here; to-day you couldn't drive me away mit wild animals."

  3. glitch a minor malfunction. Sometimes spelled glitsh, this literally means a "slip", "skate", or "slide". It has come into major American usage as a computer science term, also meaning slight error.

  4. Though not itself a Yiddish word, the origin of “glitch” can be traced back to the Yiddish noun “glitsh” meaning “slip” or “lapse,” and the Yiddish verb “glitshn” (from the German “glitschen”) meaning “slip.”

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  6. Dec 13, 2017 · glitch. A glitch is “a malfunction in something, often a machine or in a block of code,” but this tech jargon was on the lips of European grandparents long before sparks flew from a keyboard.Glitch is likely derived from the Yiddish glitsh, meaning “a slip,” which is from the German root glitschen.

  7. Oct 29, 2019 · Glitch is derived from glitsh, Yiddish for slippery place, and from glitshn, meaning to slide, or glide. Glitch was in use in the 1940s by radio announcers to indicate an on-air mistake.

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · They are indeed Yiddish. Glitch comes from the Yiddish glitsh, “slip (as on ice).” Bupkes, which is bobkes in the standard language, means sheep or goat dung and is used colloquially in the...

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