Ziternenlign: The phantom vibration that makes you wrongly believe your smartphone has rung.
Luftyedieschnorer: Coffeehouse Wi-Fi hog who buys one small drink and watches hours of streaming video.
Glosbenkschaft: The Proustian moment of nostalgia when drinking soda from a glass bottle.
Vonshtuppkomischzorge: Wondering whether, in the Obama era, Blazing Saddles is a) no longer funny, b) still funny, c) funnier.
Selections from “Yiddish Words for the 21st Century” in McSweeney’s
