Definition of "plotzing?"
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Well what do I know but I thought "plotzing" ment to move veeeeery slowly as in: "They plotzed along"  |
| BUT, the yiddish dictionary gives the following..
PLOTZ: To burst, to explode, "I can't laugh anymore or I'll "plotz." To be aggravated beyond bearing. |
| An online Yiddish dictionary! Bringing back memories....... |
TASKERSMOM wrote: Well what do I know but I thought "plotzing" ment to move veeeeery slowly as in: "They plotzed along"
That's plod. They plodded along. |
| I believe it may actually be German. In the Shitzhund training they use that for a down command. I think Yiddish is for flopping down...plotz on the sofa. |
| I guess the speeling was wrong and sounded like a bad word...Shutzhund??? |
| Schutzhund. Plotz is the down command but the German word for down is unten. Kinda weird. Who knows why the use plotz? |
| Maybe the person who invented it spoke Yiddish. |
| 'To plotz' (sometimes pronounced 'plutz') means 'to collapse' in Yiddish |
I don't remember much Yiddish. My great-grandmother was from Russia and spoke Russian and Yiddish...very little English. I really only remember her saying da and nyet...mostly da, like a Grammy is supposed to.  |
| I haven't heard that one, but then again...I'm not old school like Deborah |
And where is Deborah?????? Haven't seen her around here in a few days......  |
| someone suggested that it would be funny to teach my dogs all thier commands in Yiddish. I'm the world's WORST jew, so it made us giggle at the time....
I recall "Plotz" as the slow moving, and collapsing from weight, and not the exploding variety. Someone can BE a Plotz; a slow mover. But don't take my word for it; I'm the worst, remember?  |
| I may be up there with you. We used to go to Temple on the High Holidays...I haven't been in years. |
TASKERSMOM wrote: Well what do I know but I thought "plotzing" ment to move veeeeery slowly as in: "They plotzed along"
Ok..I only got to this message, haven't read the others, so the definition maybe there already. Sit down...here goes: Plotz: v. to collapes as in fainting. When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it, and I almost plotzed! Schlep: v. to drag along slowly. Excuse me, can you help me schlep this big (whatever, hopefully something to eat!) Schlepper: n. A slob, a lazy person. Oy! That son in law of mine, vhat a schlepper he is! I almost plozed when my daughter said she was going to marry him! Shalom! |
| She lives!!!!!! I'm so glad to see you honey. I've been worried that you didn't like us any more. Plus you are the resident expert on all things Jewish/Yiddish.
Ron, we still need the yarmulke smilie. |
Paula O. wrote: She lives!!!!!! I'm so glad to see you honey. I've been worried that you didn't like us any more. Plus you are the resident expert on all things Jewish/Yiddish. Ron, we still need the yarmulke smilie. I don't only like you...I  you!!!!! |
Paula O. wrote: She lives!!!!!! I'm so glad to see you honey. I've been worried that you didn't like us any more. Plus you are the resident expert on all things Jewish/Yiddish.
Ron, we still need the yarmulke smilie. Ok, I'll bite - what is a yarmulke smilie??? |
| LOL...a yarmulke look like a beanie so my husband says...worn in Temple or by Orthodox Jews at all times. |
| I actually found a "yiddish" word list that claims that to "plotz" is to
shat ones pants
There seems to be a variety of definitions for this word... |
| I've also heard it used "to burst"...but that doesn't make sense to me...well, at least not how my family used the word. Yiddish can be all things to all people. I think everyone puts their own spin on the words. |
| Dawn, a yarmulke smilie would be an emoticon wearing a yarmulke and earflaps (locks of hair that cover the ears, usually only Hassidic Jews have earflaps). We would use the yarmulke smilie when we speak Yiddish in the forum! |
| Earflaps???? (Following a Biblical commandment not to shave the sides of one's face, male members of most Hasidic groups wear long, uncut sideburns called payoth (Ashkenazi Hebrew peyos, Yiddish peyes). Let me state right now...I AM NOT HASIDIC! To me Haisidum are a bit cult like. (Editorial over....) But, I have to ask you all, did you see the "Sex and the City" where Charolette, fall for the Hasidic painter? For the Jewish High Holiday's this year...I wandered into a Hasidic service. It really scared me!!!!! So if we have a "Jewish" emotican, "payoth" would be optional!!!! Kippahs (yamulkas) manditory!!! |
debcram wrote: Schlep: v. to drag along slowly. Excuse me, can you help me schlep this big (whatever, hopefully something to eat!)
Schlepper: n. A slob, a lazy person. Oy! That son in law of mine, vhat a schlepper he is! I almost plozed when my daughter said she was going to marry him! Shalom! Okay, I just love this thread! It's just so fun and educational. |
| Lizzie and I went to obedience class today. One of things we worked on was "DOWN". The instructor said different people use different terms for this...ie: off, lay down...settle....AND SHE SAID GERMAN PEOPLE WILL SAY PLOTZ, which means lay down in German!!! Huhmmm.....live and learn! |
| And Yiddish derives from German...Schutzhund training uses German commands. |
| And my own personal favorite...Schlep-along :D This is someone who carries items for you. For example, my husband when we go on vacation or to sheepie events
Got another one...CHUTZPAH. It means that you have a lot of nerve to do something or you have balls to do it
Quote: I may be up there with you. We used to go to Temple on the High Holidays...I haven't been in years.
I'm right there with ya! Last time I went to services was the year of my Bat Mitzvah. My Mom likes to cook on the holidays to remind me that I'm Jewish |
| In German we say "Platz" when we want our dogs to sit down.
We also "platzen" (burts) when we are mad or excited, so excited that we could burst. I'm also sure plotz means faint. And please never say "unter" to a a German dog. The dog could platz out of madness. |
This is a very interesting discussion. My "mama loshen" is Yiddish since my grandparents all came from the "old country", but I lost a lot of it along the years. "Plotz" and other colloquialisms is not one of the things that I lost. My grandparents came from different areas in Europe, and being a linguistics afficionado of sorts, I wanted to know why each of them seemed to have different articulations of the same Yiddish words, and different definitions of the same Yiddish words. One of those words is "plotz". It turns out that Yiddish meanings and articulations of words could actually vary from neighborhood to neighborhood in the same town or city. Many times my Polish Grampa and Latvian Gramma got into lively arguments about the meanings and articulations of different words, and my Russian grandparents did the same. Plotz has several meanings. It all depends upon the area from where one comes. It can mean to die from aggravation or even from pleasure, to faint from the same, to fall on the floor from exhaustion, and to turn into a puddle of nachas (that's another story) from enjoying one's grandchildren. By the way, I'm plain vanilla Orthodox, my daughter and son-in-law are "Yeshivish" Orthodox, my son and daughter-in-law are Hasidic (not at all cultlike, mostly because you can leave it at any time you want, which is a BIG definer of a cult, that you can't leave it), and we all get along like one big happy family, which we are. I have 21 grandchildren, all different in their outlooks, and 5 great-grandchildren who have yet to define themselves because they're too young, of course. If you get to know the different Hasidim, you will find that they're not at all similar to cults. Have a hilarious day, y'all.  Happy to have found this site. |
| First time seeing this old thread. Now I can't get Linda Richman  or Jackie Mason  out of my head.  |
| Discuss amongst yourselves. I'm verklempt. |
Darth Snuggle wrote: someone suggested that it would be funny to teach my dogs all thier commands in Yiddish. I'm the world's WORST jew, so it made us giggle at the time.... I recall "Plotz" as the slow moving, and collapsing from weight, and not the exploding variety. Someone can BE a Plotz; a slow mover. But don't take my word for it; I'm the worst, remember? Yes. Exactly what I grew up hearing..stop plotzin' around..when we kids weren't moving fast enough for mom. I still laugh when I remember my own daughter cracking up when I said it to her. Thanks for the memory.Roberta |
| In our hoise, "to plotz" would be to collapse down as in exhaustion, but not literally in a medical sense. So after a long day of work you'd plotz into the chair or into bed. Out of joy (nachas) you could plotz, or keel over or collapse. So I think the falling to the floor/collapsing is the common thread of the word as learned and meant in my family. |
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