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yenta noun a gossip; a busybody; a scold US, 1923 Yiddish.- He’s a very wealthy guy, he owns a big business, he’s a smart fellow and everything, but his behavior–in Jewish they’d call him a yenta–he never stops talking and does things that just don’t make sense. — Edward Lin, Big Julie of Vegas, p. 103, 1974
- I think her idea of a good time was learned out of “Amos ‘n Andy’s” Sapphire, nurtured by Good Times and developed to the fullest yenta state possible by the Jeffersons. — Odie Hawkins, Black Casanova, p. 108, 1984
- You want me to get up in front of all your Long Island housewife yenta pals and confess my love? — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 155, 1995
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