I am writing a column wherein I want to use the word meaning “confused and mixed-up.” It’s pronounced “feh-CHA-ted,” but I have no idea how to spell it and obviously it’s not in Webster’s.
Help! and Thanks!
—Molly Goldberg
How about:
You ought to invest in a copy of Leo Rosten’s JOYS OF YIDDISH.
It’s “farchadat.”
Uke
“Farchadat” - pronounced as you describe.
- Rick
My mother’s step-father was Jewish, which she claims gives her reason to be “culturally Jewish.” We have a much used and loved copy of the Joy of Yiddish.
Habit rules the unreflecting herd. - Wordsworth
THANK YOU, Rack, Ike and Brick!
Now I can really say I log onto the SDMB for business reasons, I’m not just goofing off! Look for “farchadat” in the July Movieline, unless my goyishe editor cuts it . . .
—Mrs. Yifnif
Man, I gotta be quicker on the trigger… three almost-simulposts, and I’m last. Rats.
- Rick
So what are you reviewing this month Eve? Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will? Oy, now there was one farchadat movie.
Naw, it’s a compilation of “Bewitched” episodes—and “farchadat” is the only word you can use when talking about Aunt Clara.
What about pixilated (non-drunk or drunk sense), bemused, off-kilter, surreal, quintessentially eccentric, “out of focus”, or singularlity? (as in “Aunt Clara is a singularity, as inexplicable as a black hole.”)
Bucky
Oh, well. We can always make more killbots.