I love learning new funny words, check this one out:
tchotchke pronounced [chahch-kuh]
kə
-noun
an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
Next time your traveling and want to buy something from that particular place you could say, "wow, isn't this a cute tchotch I think I might buy it".
Next time your traveling and want to buy something from that particular place you could say, "wow, isn't this a cute tchotch I think I might buy it".
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism ; < Yiddish tshatshke < Pol czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obs.; cf. mod. cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig.
1965–70, Americanism ; < Yiddish tshatshke < Pol czaczko bibelot, knickknack (now obs.; cf. mod. cacko with same sense, orig. dial.); of expressive orig.
WOW... who knew! Good word to just have up your sleeve :) haha
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