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- farbissen (far-BISS-en) (Yid., פֿאַרביסן; cf. German verbissen) – adj. Bitter; sullen; crippled by bitterness. Also farbissener.
- farblondzhet (fer-BLUNJ-it) (Yid., פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט; far- cf. German ver- and Polish błądzić = "to stray around") – lost, bewildered, confused, mixed-up (appropriately, there are several variant spellings)
- fardrayt (Yid., פֿאַרדרײט; dray meaning turn, cf. dreidel; also cf. German verdreht = "twisted" ) – confused, mixed-up, distracted
- farfrumt – negative term for someone very religious or pious. "She came back from seminary and became all farfrumt." (cf. German verformt = "deformed", ver- + "fromm" = hypocritically pious)
- farklempt – choked up; speechless; unable to express one's feelings/emotions (cf. German verklemmt = "uptight" )
- fachnyok – negative term meaning very religious, often used to connote someone holier-than-thou. Can be shortened to "chenyok," or used as a noun ("don't be such a chenyok") or an adjective ("you're so chnyokish").
- farkakte (Yid., פֿאַרקאַקטע) – an adjective, meaning 'screwed up' or 'a bad idea'; literally, 'crapped' or 'becrapped', cf. German "verkackte(r)"
- fershtupt - (pejorative) pregnant, recently had sex, constipated. (stuffed) (cf. german "verstopft"= blocked)
- feh - expression of disgust.
- feygele or faygeleh – (pejorative) homosexual (literally 'little bird', cf. German "Vögele", also possible cf. German word "Feigling", meaning 'coward'), could be used for anyone slightly effeminate, "Ugh, that, Moishele washes his hands, what a faygel." Often used as a disparaging term for a homosexual male. Note: A Fayge is a bird, and is the basis of the female name Fayga. Such a person, as an infant, might be called Faygeleh (diminutive), until later on being called Faygie.
- fress – to eat, especially with enthusiasm (German fressen = "to eat like an animal, in an untidy way")
- frimmer – (British English slang): a Hasidic Jew (from Yiddish "frum", religious; also cf. German "Frommer" = pious person)
- frum - adjective; religious, specifically in the area of Judaism. (cf. German "Fromm" = pious)
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