What a salesman or carnival barker spews out of his mouth to lure customers in.
Chidwack2
June 6, 2013, 10:13pm
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That’s more of an apology than we got from a lying Attorney General or a corrupt IRS.
Where does the Buck stop?
When did the Captain STOP going down with a rotten ship?
This usage of “spiel” is from Yiddish, I think. The word is originally German for “game” but transformed its meaning during the development of the Yiddish language (which branched off from German in the 10th century and was influenced by Hebrew, Aramaic and Slavic languages). That’s how I understand it, anyway …
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English. There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the following words may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Many of these words are more common in the American entertainment industry (initially via vaudeville), the Catskills/Borscht B...
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced [ˈ(j)ɪdɪʃ], lit. 'Jewish'; ייִדיש-טײַטש, Yidish-Taytsh, lit. 'Judeo-German') is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from 9th century Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community wi Pri...