Kugel

Quick meaning: Kugel is a noun meaning (by extension, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.

Meaning

(by extension, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.

More Meanings

1. A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.
2. A traditional hanging ornament of German origin, made of thin glass with a metal coating, usually spherical but also produced in other shapes such as bunches of grapes and drops.

Example Sentences

With the dipsy-doodle, the kit and caboodle / The truth is brutal, your grandma's kugel

Our mother wanted us and loved us dearly. Her chicken and fish, her stews, her meatloaves, her lasagna and kugels and everything else were flavorful in their own, unadulterated way.

Yet [Barbara] Ludman wants to take Michelle [in The Day of the Kugel (1989)] out of the "Kugel" category (a Kugel being a "disgusting, dull, boring noodle pudding"—the people in Johannesburg suburbs whose wealthy lives are one long party).

She was minding her own business, taking a visitor from struggle days in London around the sights of the New South Africa, when she was recognised by a clutch of ageing kugels, out doing what kugels of all ages do on a Saturday morning in Hyde Park, namely shopping.

Word Forms

• kugels

Synonyms for kugel

Depending on context, synonyms include JAP.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kugelis, kugelhof, kugelhupf, kugelhopf, kosheri, kubba.

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