Shanda

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Shame; disgrace. Jewish

    "Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a Mohel. It's so chewy."

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"Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a Mohel. It's so chewy."

Etymology

From Yiddish שאַנדע (shande), from Middle High German schande, schante, from Old High German scanta, skanta, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu (“shame”). Doublet of shand.

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