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- noun Alternative spelling of
tsuris .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) trouble and suffering
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Examples
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VINCENT: I am told that I'm the first commissioner ever to use the word tsoris.
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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
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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
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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
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The searching seems to bring Shapiro nothing but more tsoris.
NYT > Home Page By JUDITH NEWMAN 2010
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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!
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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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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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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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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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