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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Pandemic Yiddish

Doesn't it figure there'd be a Yiddish expression related to Zoom?  In his Yiddish Vinkl column, Harold Ticktin discusses the word oysgezoomt, defined here: “Oysgezoomt, a new Yiddish word which sounds similar to oysgemutshet but has a rather different meaning: Overexposed to, fatigued by, exhausted from, bored by, had it with … Zoom; ‘Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt’ /I’m so done with Zoom.” (Gamzumped, Gezoomt and Gezunt | Ralph Genende | The Blogs, Times of Israel.) 

Zoom has been a lifesaver during the pandemic, so I doubt I'll be oysgezoomt until after COVID-19 is finally conquered -- keinehora!

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