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yenta::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rumormonger, gossip, rumourmonger, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger |
Examples of yenta
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Staunton has made a long trip south from Oscar-nominated actress to Vera Drake, yenta.
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Christie, who better than the president to serve as yenta between the Boss and his fan?
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Then some proceeded to vilify the mayor, calling him everything from a dictator to a yenta to a plantation owner.
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Adam Sandler dons a dress, does an overweight yenta shtick and manages to be offensive without being the least bit funny.
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To the less friendly, she comes on as a sumo liberal, a lady wrestler, Joan of Arc resurrected as an elemental yenta.
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Just like that celebrated little old lady of yore, the yenta, the algorithm suggested matches that, however startling, would prove to be made in heaven.
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Larry plays yenta for these two, while sharing with his son the wondrous world of computer-generated enchantment the filmmakers never make clever or dazzling enough.
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- (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
- (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
- Yenta or Yente is a Yiddish female name which is used generically for an old gossip.
- Busybody; gossiper: Don't tell that yenta anything you don't want everyone to know.
