Archive for July 20th, 2012
Weird Word: Kvetch
by Nojh on Jul.20, 2012, under Articles, Weird Words, Writing
Kvetch
Noun
- Person who endlessly whines or complains.
- Person who finds fault with anything.
Adjective
- Describing a kvetch or kvetcher.
Verb
- To whine or complain, often needlessly.
Used in a sentence:
- The kvetcher would simply not shut their mouth and it was getting on my nerves, kvetching about the wait, food, prices, and anything else that caught their attention.
Source: Wiktionary
Commentary:
Yes this is an English word, no doubt stolen from Yiddish or German and unaltered through the years. This is one of those weird words that I don’t think I’ve ever heard before with my own ear, which makes me excited. I certainly wouldn’t have guessed how to spell it based upon how it sounds, or vice versa for that matter.
