Thursday Word: Nosherai/Nosh

[brendala.livejournal.com]

This is a Yiddish slang term. "Nosherai" is the word for snack (it usually pertains to junk food). And "nosh" is a verb to describe snacking.

NOTE: I might not be able to make a Thursday submission next week (I'm going out of town and I likely wont have handy internet access). So apologies in advance for that.

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a nice bagel & schmear to fix a need for a nosh. I've enjoyed this word since childhood, it's still startling to find that people on the West Coast do not understand any number of Yiddish words that came to feel like just plain English to me.

Apologies accepted, of course and thank you so much for the warning. I actually accidently ran across a Yiddish word recently that I may use if that proves to be the case.

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

I'm familiar with the word nosh, but not nosherai, and I did not know it was Yiddish. :-D

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I didn't know nosh was Yiddish either. I call nosherai "scran". Typical scran dinner is potato waffles, sausages and beans. Mmmm, scran.