Jewish Cultural Terms

noun a tedious or difficult journey

verb to carry or drag with great effort

• The employees had to schlep all the equipment to the conference room for the presentation.
• I really don't want to schlep all the way to the store just to get some milk.
• I can't believe you made me schlep all the way across town just to pick up your package.
• She felt like she had to schlep the weight of the world on her shoulders.

noun a Yiddish term used to denote something or someone of little value or importance

• The scholar used the term 'schm-' as a prefix in his academic paper.
• I heard that new restaurant serves some delicious schm- dishes.
• I can't believe he's still wearing those schm- shoes.
• She always adds a little schm- to her stories to make them more interesting.