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Re: Family Slang: Invented words
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 206.96.180.101
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001, at 14:04:56
In Reply To: Re: Family Slang: Invented words posted by Wolfspirit on Monday, March 12, 2001, at 11:19:07:

> > I do remember one, however. Me and my sister invented the word "kretch". You say it like you'd say darn or heck. We got it from an episode of the Monkees.
> >
> > Qua "Oh, KRETCH!" rtz
>
> It's appropriate. Sounds a lot like 'kvetch,' which is something you hear frequently and often on the Net.
>
> Wolf "Keep kvetching online like that and your fingers will fall off!" spirit

Good ol' Yiddish. Kvetch - v.i. complain. ex: "Oy! Such weather we're having!" "Oh, qvit kvetching!"