Jewish Sniglets

A Sniglet is a made up word. Richard Hall (Not Necessarily the News,
HBO, Sat. night Live) published several Sniglet books.


Shacharace - The mad dash to finish Shacharis especially on weekdays

Talistless - forgetting to bring your tallis to shul

Tfillines - The marks left on your arm after you take off the tfillin
(I saw this in the Jewish Press Purim issue a while ago)

Musaphering - Waiting for a chazan who drags out kedusha during musaph

The Bein Hashmashot Zone - Jewish equivalent of the twilight zone.
More commonly called "The 18 minute Zone".

Kiddash - the mad rush to get to the Shabat Kiddush

Hagbotch - Someone who flubs hagbah

Havdalust - that yearning you get on the long summer days wishing
Shabbat would be done already

Besamimic - the fake sniffing sounds people make as if they are
smelling besamim even though the're not

Kipunt - any attempt to kick a falling yalmuke before it touches the
floor

Yarmulcult - The current "fad" of other religions to wear colorful
Jewish looking yarmulkes on their heads, beacuse it's fashionable.

Chewlent - The hard tough crust on the top of the chulent

Kishcake - The crust stuck to the kishke wax

Kishcase - the wax that holds the kishke together

Keichalla - Any usage of egg keichel as a sandwhich board such as
placing a piece of herring between two keichels, or using the
keichel to mop up the herring sauce

Esrogaine - What you need after you pay the high price for an esrog.

Aridvos - arovos that have been stripped of their leaves

Asher yatzurres - the bracha you should make if you're constipated

Arbah Kanfostration - The annoyance of getting your tztitzit caught
in your pant's zipper.

Tzitzistics - The act of counting how many tzitzis you have.

Shaboss - The mother who gives her children strict rules about
cleaning up before Shabbat.

Shabbes Stick - Any lipstick that is permissible for use on
Shabbes.

Adon Adon Olam - The boy who sings Adon olam in the shul. Not
to be confused with the "Ani Anim Zemirot" and the "En
K’en K’elokeinu"

Siduream - Assortment of torn siddur pages or clips stuck into a
siddur.

Drashush - Sounds the congregation makes requesting that people be quiet
for the rav’s drasha

Mazal Toffees - The hard candies thrown at a chatan at his aufruf.

Od Yesmash - The act of breaking the glass under the chuppah.

Aidems - The strong men who are called upon to lift the chatan an
dkallah during the dancing.

Badekink - Any flaw the kallah's parents find at the last second
such as smudged lipstick, eye shadow, a broken heel, etc.

Temple Alav Hashalom - Any temple where the weekly Yahrtzeit
list is larger than the number of shul attendants.

Posul trussle - The gartel (rope, string) tied on the outside of an
unusable Sefer Torah

Ducheninkompoop - a Kohen who intentionally decides that during
duchening, he will sing his own unique tune.

Nagel Vassearch - (note: nowadays, less of a problem); The act of
finding a dry clean place to dry your hands on that huge long
"conveyor" towel that came out of a dispenser.

Tachachamun - Someone who figures out a way to avoid saying
Tachanun by finding a shul that has a chatan or a brit, etc.

Shtiebl-bul - The assortment of unstacked, tossed about
chumashim, siddurim and other sefarim found in shtiebls.