Kids and Menopausal Mamas – Yiddish Words To The Rescue!

The problem with having kids when you’re older is that they are still around when you’re going through menopause.  WARNING: A dire combination of the worst kind.  Double whammy when you’re going through menopause and your kids are teenagers – deadly!

Whether I, or my family, like it or not, I am in Menopausal Mental Mode (MMM).  I was looking for some more M letter words to describe my mushy, mixed-up and messy thinking and wanted to find the spelling for the yiddish word moshe kapoyer – which when I was growing up we used to describe someone who felt all scrambled and discombobulated – when I came upon some other magnificent yiddish words to describe the state I’m in…

Mishegoss – madness; craziness; insanity (oh yeah baby especially when those hot flashes rush on)

Meshuggener – a crazy person (yes, low levels of estrogen do this to you)

Meeskeit – so ugly it hurts the eyes (yes sometimes I feel this way as I peel myself off of the bed after just falling asleep 2 hours before the alarm went off)

I was so taken with the fun and auditory perfection the yiddish words have at reflecting MMM, that I took the time to look over some of the other words in the letters K, G and I catagories (about to eat dinner so not enough time to check out all the letters of the alphabet)…..

Here are some excellent K words…

Kvetch – to gripe, complain, to bemoan one’s fate – LOVE THIS ONE – I’M THERE!!!!

Kholileh – God forbid! Don’t even think about it – yeah, it’s too late I’m in menopause

Khas vesholem – another God forbid! and another yeah, it’s too late….

Klutz – clumsy person – for some reason since menopause things slip out of my fingers – like glasses and pots and babies…

Klippeh – female demon; shrew, vixen, relentless nag.  I’m going to teach this word to the hubby so he has something to call me when I go from Jekyll to Hyde

And here’s a relevant “G” word….

Gevaldikeh Zakh! – a terrible thing – this is what I say now when I look at the rings under my eyes, my droopy boobies and the small amount of hair that just started growing on my lip.

And check out this amazing “I” word…….

Ibbergerblibbernix (try saying that 10 times fast!) – leftovers – I’ve never hated cooking so much as I have this past year.  By 5pm I’m fried and ready for bed.  I’m still practicing pronouncing this word, but however I say it, Thank God for Ibbergerblibbernix and cereal!

And when none of the above words apply, there’s always the good old stand-by…

OYE VEY!!!!

Got any yiddish words you wanna share?  Go ahead – make my MMM day!

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