shlogn

Back in May I announced the start of a translation project at Uncle Jazzbeau's Gallimaufrey; I thought this would be a good time to mention that Jim has just posted Part 4 of Leivick's der wolf.un vi der rov hot gekukt mit zayne ofene oygn azoy hobn di mili-milasn shtern genumen raysn zikh un shlogn zikh ayne on di andere un ibergeshpoltn ayne di andere, biz zay zaynen gevorn ibershlungen in der fintsternish.

languagehat.com: DER VOLF, CONTINUED. 2004

There's of course a New York eatery named Bagel Delox, and it may be pertinent that Mimi Sheraton, food critic of The New York Times, on Aug. 31, 1976 described the service at most bagel restaurants in New York as "haute schlock" [shlak ` stroke, 'hence ` disaster,' ` junk '; schlacht ` slaughter'; shlogn ` to hit '] -- without quotation marks or italics.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983