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- noun Alternative form of
feygele .
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Examples
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But the way in which it’s been used over the years, as a sort of cryptonym for black employees, is not unlike the way Jews use the word faygeleh, which, according to Leo Rosten’s The Joys of Yiddish, is “a discreet way of describing a homosexual—especially where they might be overheard.”
Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996
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His company is set to distribute my movie, and he needs Glenda to accompany his faygeleh heartthrob Rock Rockwell on a publicity date.
White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992
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Michael Musto in the Voice: "At the premiere, when the film tried too hard to tug at our faygeleh-loving heartstrings, I thought, 'At last we have a gay romance as banal as the straight ones.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Michael Musto in the Voice: "At the premiere, when the film tried too hard to tug at our faygeleh-loving heartstrings, I thought, 'At last we have a gay romance as banal as the straight ones.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Michael Musto in the Voice: "At the premiere, when the film tried too hard to tug at our faygeleh-loving heartstrings, I thought, 'At last we have a gay romance as banal as the straight ones.
GreenCine Daily 2009
john commented on the word faygeleh
“The word he used was faygeleh, a mild Yiddish pejorative for homosexual. Queer and fairy are close approximations.”
NPR.org, A Party Boy Reflects On Life, Lip Gloss, by Dan Kois, May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011