Listen to your yenta!
Do you ever flip through the back of the in-flight magazine? There are always these ads for professional matchmaking services… there’s one, in particular, that makes me think, should I really trust your judgment in finding me a mate if you thought it was a good idea to wear that blouse?
Oy vey, I’ve been describing myself as a yenta lately.
Actually, in Yiddish, yenta does not mean matchmaker, it means a busybody or gossip.
Dammit! I think in the back of my mind I knew that… this is what I get for not doing any research.
Now I have to decide if I should go back and edit the joke… which I did when I misspelled “eunuch”, but this is kind of different.
You can use “yente” to mean matchmaker, though. In that case you’d be referring to the character in Fiddler on the Roof.
And yeah, I meant busybody. Found myself saying to my neighbors, “You kids are getting married! I’m so happy!” and realized I sounded a lot like my dear Aunt Jennie.
The electronic matchmaking gadget in Shortbus is also called a “Yenta.”