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בְּרוֹגֶזbroygez meaning in Hebrew

on non-speaking terms (after a fight) · predicate adjective / state noun (from Yiddish)

Also spelled in English: brogez, broiges

Illustration for the Hebrew word broygez

Two cousins at a family dinner, sitting three chairs apart, passing the salad through a third person. Nobody has to explain. They're ברוגז.

הם ברוגז כבר שבועיים בגלל איזו שטות עם החניה.

“They haven't been speaking for two weeks over some nonsense about the parking spot.”

Who in your family was famously ברוגז with someone, and for how long?

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