shviger
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Yiddish שוויגער (shviger).
Noun
[edit]shviger (plural shvigers)
- (US slang) A mother-in-law.
- 2009, David Minkoff, Oy Vey: More!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes, Part 2, page 77:
- As soon as she hears the news, Miriam's shviger Fay goes to visit her daughter-in-law in hospital.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 96:
- ‘Come back to the apartment,’ Elaine giving Horst the usual shviger evil eye, ‘we'll have coffee.’