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  • Machareikeh - Gimmick, contraption

  • Macher - big shot, person with access to authorities, man with contacts.

  • Magilla - Long story

  • Maidel - Unmarried girl, teenager

  • Maideleh - Little girl (affectionate term)

  • Maiven - Expert, connoisseur, authority

  • Makeh - Plague, wound, boil, curse

  • Mamoshes - Substance, people of substance.

  • Manzer - Bastard, disliked person, untrustworthy

  • Mashgiach - Inspector, overseer or supervisor of Kashruth in restaurants & hotels.

  • Mashugga - Crazy, nuts 

  • Mazel Tov - Good Luck

  • Me ken brechen! - You can vomit from this! Lousy.

  • Me ken lecken di finger! - It's delicious!

  • Me lost nit leben! - They don't let you live!

  • Me redt zich oys dos hartz! - Talk your heart out!

  • Mecheieh - A great pleasure

  • Mein bobbeh's ta'am - Bad taste! Old fashioned taste!

  • Mein cheies gait oys! - I'm dying for it!

  • Mekler - Go-between

  • Menner vash tsimmer - Men's room

  • Mentsh - A good man or person. One who can be respected.

  • Meshpucha - Extended family

  • Meshugass - Madness, insanity, craze

  • Meshugeh - Crazy

  • Meshugeh ahf toit! - Crazy as a loon. Really crazy!

  • Meshugeneh - Mad, crazy, insane female.

  • Meshugener - Mad, crazy, insane man

  • Me zogt - They say; it is said.

  • Mies - Ugly

  • Mieskeit - Ugly thing or person.

  • Mikveh - Ritual bath

  • Minyan - Quorum of ten men necessary for holding public worship (must be over 13 years of age)

  • Mirtsishem - G-d willing

  • Mitten derinnen - All of a sudden, suddenly

  • Mitzvah - Good deed

  • Mogen Dovid - Star of David

  • Moisheh kapoyer - Mr. Upside-Down! A person who does everything backwards

  • Mosser - Squealer

  • Moyel - Person who performs circumcisions.

  • Mutek - Brave

  • Mutshen zich - To sweat out a job . Tedious

  • Muttelmessig - Meddlesome person, kibbitzer

 

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