Yeshivish

See also: yeshivish

English

Etymology

Either a blend of yeshiva +‎ English, or yeshiva +‎ -ish.[1]

Proper noun

Yeshivish

  1. A sociolect of English, incorporating Yiddish, Hebrew, and other languages, spoken by many Orthodox Jews and associated with the culture of yeshiva.
    Synonym: Yeshiva English

References

  1. ^ James Lambert (January 2018) “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, volume 38, number 3, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13: “Another case in point is the term Yeshivish, referring to the hybrid English used in yeshivas, Jewish religious schools, which may be from yeshiva and (Engl)ish, or merely an extension of the regularly formed adjective yeshiva and ish.”
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