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  • Faigelah - Bird (also used as a deragatory reference to a gay person).

  • Fantazyor - Man who builds castles in the air

  • Farbissener - Embittered; bitter person

  • Farblondzhet - Lost, bewildered, confused

  • Farblujet - Bending your ear

  • Fardeiget - Distressed, worried, full of care, anxiety

  • Fardinen a mitzveh - Earn a blessing or a merit (by doing a good deed)

  • Fardrai zich dem kop! - Go drive yourself crazy!

  • Fardross - Disappointment, sorrow

  • Farfolen - Lost. Hopeless.

  • Farfoylt - Mildewed, rotten, decayed, spoiled

  • Farfroyren - Frozen

  • Farkuckt (taboo) - Dungy, shitty, screwed up 

  • Farmach dos moyl! - Shut up! Quiet. (Lit., Shut your mouth.)

  • Farmatert - Tired

  • Farmisht - Befuddled , confused

  • Farmutshet - Worn out, fatigued, exhausted

  • Farshlepteh krenk - Fruitless, endless matter (Lit., A sickness that hangs on)

  • Farshmeieter - Highly excitable person; always on the go

  • Farshnoshket - Loaded, drunk

  • Farshtaist? - You understand?

  • Farshtopt - Stuffed

  • Farshtunken - Smeels bad, stinks , bad luck

  • Farshvitst - sweaty

  • Far-tshadikt - Confused, bewildered, befuddled, as if by fumes, gas

  • Feinkochen - Omelet, scrambled eggs

  • Feinshmeker - Hi falutin' , stuck up person

  • Ferd - Horse, (slang) a fool

  • Fet - Fat, obese

  • Finster un glitshik - Miserable (Lit., Dark and slippery)

  • Fisfinger - Toes

  • Focha - Fan

  • Foigel - Smart guy , wise guy

  • Foiler - Lazy man

  • Folg mich! - Obey me!

  • Fonfen - Speaking through the nose ...wanting someone to speak clearly, truthfully

  • For gezunterhait! - Bon voyage! Travel in good health!

  • Forshpeiz - Appetizer

  • Fortz - Fart

  • Frageh - Question

  • Frailech - Happy

  • Frassk - Slap in the face

  • Freint - Friend, Mr.

  • Fremder - Stranger

  • Fress - Eat, eat hearty....pig out.

  • Fressen - Eat like a pig, devour

  • Fressing - Gourmandizing (By adding the English suffix "ing" to the Yiddish word "fress," a new English word in the vocabulary of American Jews has been created.)

  • Froy - Woman, Mrs.

  • Frum, (frimer) - Pious, religious, devout, orthodox 

  • Funfeh - Speaker's fluff, error in speach

 

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