"a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Since when did this Yiddish term enter common English? I heard it from Jews
while growing up in NYC, but am surprised at its universality today.

DanG


On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Alice Faber <faber at haskins.yale.edu> wrote:

> verklempt

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