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  • noun Alternative spelling of tsuris.

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  • noun (Yiddish) trouble and suffering

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Examples

  • VINCENT: I am told that I'm the first commissioner ever to use the word tsoris.

    Take Him Out To A Ball Game 2008

  • One is, I'll admit, I'm tired of the tsoris I get from the Likud Lobby -- note: not the "Jewish lobby," and not even the "Israel lobby," but only the Lukidnik Lobby, in which I include Alan Dershowitz, Marty Peretz, Abe Foxman, and Cathy Hughes (whether they themselves would include themselves, I don't really care).

    Eric Alterman: Believe Half of What You See, and None of What You Hear 2008

  • Here was a man who brought glory, ratings and tsoris to ABC, yet 16 years since his death, he resides largely in the memory banks of fans older than 40.

    NYT > Home Page By RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011

  • Here was a man who brought glory, ratings and tsoris to ABC, yet 16 years since his death, he resides largely in the memory banks of fans older than 40.

    NYT > Home Page By RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011

  • The searching seems to bring Shapiro nothing but more tsoris.

    NYT > Home Page By JUDITH NEWMAN 2010

  • It may not be tsoris time at NBC, but at the very least it's November, and not a warm Los Angeles El Niño November but a cold Wake-Up!

    Plop! The Mighty NBC Lands in the E.R. 1993

  • Times stylebook tinker’s dam/damn top of the line top secret topsy-turvy totally touching base to wit transparency trioxymoron trunk show tsouris/tsoris tummy-button tut-tutting two other/other two typo-poetry

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Times stylebook tinker’s dam/damn top of the line top secret topsy-turvy totally touching base to wit transparency trioxymoron trunk show tsouris/tsoris tummy-button tut-tutting two other/other two typo-poetry

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Times stylebook tinker’s dam/damn top of the line top secret topsy-turvy totally touching base to wit transparency trioxymoron trunk show tsouris/tsoris tummy-button tut-tutting two other/other two typo-poetry

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Times stylebook tinker’s dam/damn top of the line top secret topsy-turvy totally touching base to wit transparency trioxymoron trunk show tsouris/tsoris tummy-button tut-tutting two other/other two typo-poetry

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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