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Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe
Syosset, New York
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So many seniors in S. Florida--and elsewhere--are texting and tweeting.
Many websites are showing a list of codes
for the "elter" (senior) citizen. Ex.
ATD: At the doctor's
BTW: Bring the wheelchair
CUATSC: See you at the senior center
GGPBL: Gotta go. Pacemaker Battery Low.
OMMR: On my massage recliner
FYI: Found
your insulin
ROFL...CGU
Rolling
on the floor laughing...
Can't
get up.
WAITT: Who am I talking to?
Since Florida is home to many Yiddishists/
Yiddish clubs, what we REALLY need is a list
of codes for Jewish seniors who text in
Yiddish. Here are some examples:
ABYIVO: Approved by YIVO.
YIVO
is the Institute for Jewish
Research.
ADG: Aroysgevorfn
di gelt
(a
waste of money)
AGK: A
goyisher kop
AGM: A gantse
metsie
(A
great bargain)
AHM: A hipshe
meydl
(A
hefty girl)
ALDR: Acts like
Doris Roberts
("Everybody
Loves Raymond")
AMT: A major
tsuris
AZY: A
zisn yor
(a
sweet year)
BCIAK: Bill Clinton is "ah
kluger"
(Bill
Clinton is a smart one.)
BD...G: Ben's Deli...Geshmak
(Delicious
tasting)
BIBB: Ben's
in Boynton Beach
BNV: Bellagio,
nisht Villaggio
(Two
developments in Lake
Worth,
FL)
BSH: Bring
some Halvah
BSR: Bring
some rugelach
BUP: Bupkis
BVB: Bilik
vi borsht
(very
cheap/Cheap as beet soup)
CUACV: See you at Century Village
CUATJCC: See you at the Jewish Community
Center
DDHARFA...Lipitor
Der
doktor hot a refue far alts:
Lipitor.
(The
doctor has a remedy for all...
Lipitor.)
DKNMML: Du kenst nit machen mir lachen
(You
can't make me laugh.)
DKRK: Dos kind R Kumen
(The
children are coming.)
DFIDZ: DuDu Fisher iz der zinger.
(DuDu
Fisher is the singer.)
DGIOM: Danken God, I'm on Medicare.
EHS: Er hot
shpilkes
(He
can't sit still.)
EIGFDY: Ehre is gut for der Yidden?
(Is
it good for the Jews?)
EVMNG: Es vert mir nit gut
(I
am getting sick.)
FIBB: Flakowitz
in Boynton Beach
GIG: Genug
iz genug
(Enough
is enough)
GAK: Gib a kik
(Give
a look)
GHB: Got "harts-brenenish"
(Got
heartburn)
GMSY: Gedenken meylekh sobyetskis
yoren
(Remember
the good old days.)
GVDVICV"
Gliklekh
vi der velt in Century
Village
(Happy
as could be in Century
Village)
GVIM; Goy Vey Iz Mir
(Casting
Alfred Molina as Tevye
in "Fiddler
on the Roof")
HDBMAA:
Host
du bay mir an avle
(So
I made a mistake.)
HMNIK: Hak mir nit in kop
(Don't
talk so much.)
HMNKT: Hak mir nit keyn tshaynik
(Stop
bothering me.)
IBM: Ich ben a mentsch
IBMAH: Iz brent mir ahfen hartz.
(I
have a heartburn.)
IVHFD: Ich vil her fun dir
(I
want to hear from you.)
LHAGMV:
"Let's
have "a glayzele mit vayn"
(Let's
have a glass with wine.)
LRFFZ: Lomir redn fun freylikher zakhn
(Let's
talk about more cheerful
things.)
LSD: Let's start davening.
LSM: Lomir shpiln Mah Jongg.
(Let's
play Mah Jongg.)
MEKUS: Makh es kurts un shnel
(Hurry
up; make it short and fast.
MZIDR Meyer Zaremba iz der
redner
(Meyer
Zaremba is the enter-
tainer.)
MT: Mazel-tov.
NYIJ: Next year in Jerusalem
OIDAL: IBB
Oy,
is dus a leben...in Boynton
Beach
(Oh,
what a life in Boynton Beach.)
OMZGZ: Oyf morgn zol got zorgn
(Let
God worry about tomorrow.)
PPP: Poo, Poo, Poo
PM: Peklfleysh
Maven
(Corned
beef maven/expert)
RCO: Reform, Conservative,
Orthodontists
(3
different kinds of jews)
RUNKG: Are you "neet khasene gehat"?
(Are
you unmarried?)
SIOG: Shpatziring in our gotkes
(Strollling
in our long underwear.)
SMN: Strashe mir nit!
(Don't
threaten me.)
SOS Shneyfeygelekh or
shneyelekh?
(Snowbird
or snowflake?)
SVAF: Shtark vi a ferd
(Healthy
as a horse)
SUATCFM:
See
you at the Carnival Flea
Market.
TGIF: Thank God it's Fraytik (Friday)
TWS: The whole schmeer
URAGF: You are a "guter friend"
(You
are a good friend.)
URAMO: You are a "mieser oisvorf."
(You
are a cheapskate.)
VIEID: Vi iz es in droysn?
(How's
the weather?)
VIM: Vay iz meer
(Woe
is me.)
VTD: Vos tust du?
(What
are you doing?)
VTZ: Vos tut zikh?
(What's
going on?)
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Marjorie Wolfe says, "Lost nit tsu az undzer
loshn zol farshvindn un untergeyn keloy
hoyo. S'iz ayere Yerushe. Fargest es nisht!"
(translation): Do not permit our language
to disappear and go under as though it
had never existed. This is your heirloom
Never forget it!)
Source: Jewishaustralia--the gateway to
everything Jewish in Australia.
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