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1/13/10

Brit Word of the Day

A highly appropriate BWOTD for current times:

"They're definitely in stook"

In stook (said: shtook) = in financial trouble.

I tried to research where this originates from, but it's a pure slang term and in reality means a bundle, heap or sheath of grain! I guess it could have developed from being in a bundle/heap of trouble.

5 comments:

  1. Yogi♪♪♪January 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM

    I'm so glad you are blogging regularly again. I miss bwotd!

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  2. North West London GirlJanuary 14, 2010 at 3:59 AM

    I believe it is a yiddish word 'shtuk' and basically means 'in trouble'. I always knew my background would come in useful one day!

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  3. Snippety GibbetJanuary 14, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    I was going to say the same thing as NorthWestLondgonGirl. Sounds yiddish, and yiddish is always fun.

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  4. DarylJanuary 14, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    I dont ever recall hearing this as a Yiddish term .. sore-us (phonetically spelled) is the word in Yiddish for trouble .. at least it was the word my grandmother used

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  5. KayJanuary 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    Oh, I like this one. Fun!

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