Whenever my boss and his wife, who are Jewish, throw some Yiddish into conversation, I always get a little excited to learn a new word. For word nerds and/or thesaurus lovers such as me, I'm starting a fun to say word of the day, that may or may not include a lot of Yiddish. We'll see if it lasts.
Today's word:
shmaltzy
Excessively sentimental, gushing, flattering, over-the-top, corny.
Origin: Yiddish
I'm also excited to list a fun synonym that I know of: treacly, derived from treacles (syrup/molasses).
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