What do Jews call knick knacks?

A tchotchke (/ˈtʃɒtʃkə/ CHOTCH-kə) is a small bric-à-brac or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. It is Yiddish in origin. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called “tchotchke shops”.

What does Chachke mean?

showy trinket
Definitions of tchotchke. (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket. synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke.

What is Chotchkies?

A tchotchke is a small, cheap, ornamental trinket or souvenir; a knickknack. Tchotchke is taken from Yiddish, a dialect of German based on Hebrew. It has several English spellings, including chotchke, tchachke, and chachki. In Yiddish, it is also sometimes used as a term for a young girl or pretty woman.

What’s the origin of the word tchotchke?

Tchotchke Origin Tchotchke comes from the Slavic word for trinket. Tchotchke is a popular word these days, but it wasn’t commonly used in English until the 1970s.

Is tchotchke a Yiddish?

While many such words are of unknown origin, we know that tchotchke comes from the Yiddish tshatshke of the same meaning, and ultimately from a now-obsolete Polish word, czaczko. Tchotchke is a pretty popular word these days, but it wasn’t commonly used in English until the 1970s.

What are nautical tchotchkes?

Preppy tchotchkes: includes artifacts with nautical themes, like needlepoint doorstops done in signal flags, as well as objects with a hunting theme (wooden duck decoys, for example) that show a love of the outdoors. …

How do you spell tchotchke plural?

The plural form of tchotchke is tchotchkes.

What swag does mean?

That’s a slang word that refers to stylish confidence. It shows up in songs (“Check out my swag, yo / I walk like a ballplayer”—Jay Z) and social media hashtags, but this word derives from swagger, not from stolen goods.