broyges

/ˈbɹɔɪɡəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ברוגז (broyges), from Hebrew ברוגז \ בְּרֹגֶז (literally “in anger, with anger”).

Why this word is great

BROYGES — [Adjective, Noun] A state of anger or resentment; a feud or falling out. From Yiddish ברוגז (broyges), from Hebrew בְּרֹגֶז (b'rogez, literally 'in anger, with anger'). Unlike "grudge" (which calcifies into permanence) or "quarrel" (which flares and fades), "broyges" is the heat of a kitchen argument, the icy silence of a shared apartment, the turned back of a friend at a crowded table—a wound that may heal but leaves the scar of knowing how easily warmth can curdle. It is the human condition of love and its fractures, written in the grammar of raised voices and averted eyes.

adj

  1. Angry or resentful.“'My sister Rachel is almost impossible to deal with,' replies Becky. 'When she's broyges, she stays broyges, no matter what.”

noun

  1. A falling out or feud.“Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges” — a cherished term for a falling out — after another”