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Kvell

2021/7/7
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Kvell is a verb that means to be happy and proud.

Our word of the day comes almost directly from Yiddish and is mostly used in informal contexts. Example: Brad isn’t a man typically given to expressing his joy. So it was deeply amusing to see him unabashedly kvell when his daughter graduated with honors.