| NOFX – The Brews Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Since rossx (no offense) was too lazy, I'll spell out all the sayings and puns for you. Firstly, they are [mostly] all in Yiddish (the bastard child of Hebrew, German, Polish, Russian, and any other language out there). Here we go: Friday night: the beginning of the Sabbath Manashevitz: a [relatively] inexpensive wine that Jews stereotypically drink on the Sabbath Goyim: Non-Jews (it's fairly derogatory) Oi: While it has been previously used in other alt-rock type songs, it's a pun for the yiddish word "Oy", meaning something along the line of "geez!" Shagitz: Young, male non-Jews Shicksas: Young, non-married women (usually non-Jews) The 'Brews: (duh... the Hebrews...) Anti-Swatstika Tatoos: It's kinda funny... You obviously know what a swatstika is, but further in the song, they refer to themselves as orthodox, and in orthodox Judaism, tatoos are strictly forbidden) Orthodox, Hessidic: Two of the more observant sects of Judaism Fairfax: A part of L.A. full of Jews and Jewish stores Mashuganas: Crazy people, having a screw loose "The Chosen Ones": A nickname for the Jews, as told in the bible Chutspah: This word defies translation into english, but the closest is "having the balls to do something" Separate our milkplates from our meat: According to the laws of Kashrut (aka Kosher), Jews cannot consume milk and meat products together The only thing I don't know is "O.G." If you can help me out here, that would be great... |
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| NOFX – The Brews Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Since rossx (no offense) was too lazy, I'll spell out all the sayings and puns for you. Firstly, they are [mostly] all in Yiddish (the bastard child of Hebrew, German, Polish, Russian, and any other language out there). Here we go: Friday night: the beginning of the Sabbath Manashevitz: a [relatively] inexpensive wine that Jews stereotypically drink on the Sabbath Goyim: Non-Jews (it's fairly derogatory) Oi: While it has been previously used in other alt-rock type songs, it's a pun for the yiddish word "Oy", meaning something along the line of "geez!" Shagitz: Young, male non-Jews Shicksas: Young, non-married women (usually non-Jews) The 'Brews: (duh... the Hebrews...) Anti-Swatstika Tatoos: It's kinda funny... You obviously know what a swatstika is, but further in the song, they refer to themselves as orthodox, and in orthodox Judaism, tatoos are strictly forbidden) Orthodox, Hessidic: Two of the more observant sects of Judaism Fairfax: A part of L.A. full of Jews and Jewish stores Mashuganas: Crazy people, having a screw loose "The Chosen Ones": A nickname for the Jews, as told in the bible Chutspah: This word defies translation into english, but the closest is "having the balls to do something" Separate our milkplates from our meat: According to the laws of Kashrut (aka Kosher), Jews cannot consume milk and meat products together The only thing I don't know is "O.G." If you can help me out here, that would be great... |
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