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| WORD | HEARD/SEEN |
| "Fahrbiseneh" | Austin Powers, The Movie |
| "Gribinitz" | Mrs.Doubtfire, The Movie |
| "Putz" | Fox News Channel, Neal Caputo |
| "Geshrei" | Fox News Channel, William Safire |
| "Shul" and "Schmuck" | The West Wing |
| "Bupkis" | Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote |
| *"Fahrklimpt" | Marathon For St. Jude - 107.1 FM Country Western Station |
| "Shpritzer" | Fox 5 TV, Good Day New York |
| "Kvelling" | New York Magazine, Gotham Section |
| "Shvitz" | The Sopranos |
| "Kishkes", "Shvitz" | Dharma & Greg |
| "Schleppers" | New York Post Crossword |
| "Shtup" | The Whole Nine Yards, Movie |
| "Nosh" | ABC Cooking Show -Firefighters trying to lose weight. |
| "Tushy" | Oprah Show, Said by Sela Ward |
| "Chatchke" | Wired Magazine |
| "Schmaltzy" | Vanity Fair Magazine |
| "Shiksa" | Homicide, TV Show |
| *"Dreck" | Reader's Digest-Word Power (This is now a word for vocabulary tests?) |
| "Zoftig" | Katie Couric, The Today Show |
| "Oy Veh" | Jeff Corwin, Animal Planet |
| "Zoftig" | Margaret Cho, Korean-American Comedienne, referring to herself. |
| "Hondel" | Alex Trebeck - Jeopardy, July 2001 |
| "Chutzpah" | Judy Dench, "As Time Goes By", BBC-Sitcom |
| *"Bupkis" | Commercial for Mercury Marquis |
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