yenta

NOUN
  1. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
  2. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
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  • These tender young startups may be raring to play e-yentas, but before they can get started, they need to solve the same problem any social media venture confronts: community-building. Online Dating Startups Drive Matchmaking Makeover
  • The yenta is a mashup of the best qualities of not missing a trick and caring. Law And More
  • (Is "yenta" one of those words Shakespeare made up?) Stanton Peele: Levi and Bristol, Modern-Day Romeo and Juliet?
  • Last time I spoke up I got called a yenta, at Crumbs no less. omg11! Brownstoner
  • She is well known as a yenta in this neighborhood.
  • I've been called a yenta, matchmaker and people magnet. Forbes.com: News
  • Some comprimario and secondo roles were doubled up: Vladimir Hristov was both a George Clooney-suave Marchese d'Obigny and a bland Dr. Grenvil; Giorgio Dinev, previously seen enjoyably blustering as Tosca's Spoletta, doddered formulaically as Violetta's servant, but had mischevious sparkle as Gastone — having introduced his friend Alfredo to Violetta, he worked the room, pointing out his handiwork to the other guests, a proud yenta. Pretty Woman
  • This contact between the Kayenta Formation and Navajo Sandstone illustrates the local switch from a fluvial environment, periodically inundated with tongues of sand erg deposits, to a permanent onset of long term dune activity PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • At other points over the preceding few days, though, he fully lost it, denouncing the idea of appeasing the Democratic conference and publicly initiating a lusty exchange of insults with other officials, during which he was called a "yenta" and a plantation owner. Home | The New York Observer
  • At one point she impersonates a domestic day-worker in order to glean insider information about the Schwartz family, pumping their housekeeper for juicy details as they gossip together like yentas.
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