Yinglishn.adj.
/ˈjɪnɡlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈjɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Originally U.S. Often humorous.
A. n.
(A name for) a blend of English and Yiddish, esp. one spoken in the United States; a form of English containing many Yiddishisms or a form of Yiddish containing many Anglicisms.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > varieties of
Midland1785
New England1839
Chicagoese1883
Bostonese1888
New Yorkese1888
Brooklynese1893
Western American1901
Manhattanese1908
Harlemese1928
southern1935
jive1938
Yinglish1951
lockjaw1965
Valley Girl1982
Valspeak1982
Valleyspeak1983
Yat1984
1951 W. Schack & S. Schack in Commentary Dec. 586/2 A Jewish American theater in which..the material is of mixed nature, and the language neither the King's English nor the rebbetzin's Yiddish but a crossbreed that we might call ‘Yinglish’.
1972 Language 48 972 R[ayfield]'s presentation proceeds via a combination of anecdotalism and quotationism. The former provides a large number of examples of ‘Yinglish’ and ‘Yankee Yiddish’.
1974 Observer 31 Mar. 39/4 The text, written in Yinglish and American, abounds in euphemisms.
2003 L. Faderman Naked in Promised Land i. 8 She talked to me in Yinglish and patted my back with gruff, absent-minded strokes when I cried because my mother was gone.
B. adj.
Esp. of language: blending English and Yiddish features or characteristics; of or relating to Yinglish.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > American English
American1650
Anglo-American1810
salt river1828
Yankeea1854
Midland1873
New Yorkese1889
American English1892
Yinglish1953
Valley Girl1982
Yat1985
1953 H. J. Gans in Amer. Q. 5 213 (title) The ‘Yinglish’ music of Mickey Katz.
1968 Encounter Sept. 22/1 Direct transliterations from Yiddish or ‘Yinglish’ versions thereof... O.K. by me.
1982 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. c26/4 He [sc. Leo Rosten] runs through..Yinglish expressions that he is promoting for inclusion in English because they boast a flavor that you really couldn't get otherwise.
2002 P. R. Stevens et al. Meshuggenary 23 Yiddish has infiltrated the business world... You can't aspire to success in the corner office without knowing the handful of indispensable Yinglish terms they don't teach at B[usiness] school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1951