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A tchotchke ( CHOCH-ka) is a small bauble or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere.

The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar commercial events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".


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Spelling

A wide variety of spellings exist for the English usage of the term, e.g., tshotshke, tshatshke, tchachke, tchotchka, tchatchka, chachke, tsotchke, chotski, or chochke; the standard Yiddish transliteration is tsatske or tshatshke. In Israeli Hebrew it is often spelled ?????, ['tsats.ke], with a tsade instead of teth-shin, as in Yiddish.


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Alternate meanings and context

Depending on context, the term has a connotation of worthlessness or disposability as well as tackiness.

A common confusion is between the terms tchotchke and tsatske or rather tsatskele, with the diminutive ending -le. Both terms have the same Slavic root, but the tch- version stems from Russian, while the ts- originates in Polish. Tchotchke usually references trinkets, while tsatskele is more likely to mean a young girl or woman who uses her charms in order to reach her goals. Being Yiddish, the meaning can change by the use of gestures and a change in tone, so that tsatskele can become the favorite child.

Leo Rosten, author of The Joys of Yiddish, combines the two main meanings and gives an alternate sense of tchotchke as meaning a desirable young girl, a "pretty young thing". Less flatteringly, the term could be construed as a more dismissive synonym for "bimbo", or "slut".


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Etymology

The word "tchotchke" derives from a Slavic word for "trinket" (Ukrainian: ??????, tsiats'ka ['tsj?ts.k?]; Polish: Sg. cacko / Pl. cacka ['tsats.ka]; Slovak: ?a?ka, ['t?at?.ka], Belarusian: ????? ['tsatska], Russian: ????? tsatski ['tsatsk??])--adapted to Yiddish Sg. ????????, tshatshke ('trinket').


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References


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External links

  • Tchotchke etymology on WorldWideWords.org

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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