In the frum world there is lots of terminology that I am still coming to terms with. Sometimes I ry and insert words to make myself sound more frum, in fact using words like Viter or shayich can really improve your standing with frummies who begin to think that your kipa sruga is just one of rebellion and not of actual modernity- and will welcome you with open arms.
Frummies also use certain terms to describe others. Terms like hockers, off the D, machers, BY, BT, FFB etc… I am sure I can come up with a whole library of one term labels that can be used to describe someone. Recently Jacob and I were privy to a new term. The Tuna Beigel, like the post on what exactly Heimishe means, no one could actually tell us what a Tuna Beigel is.
The only meaningful description I heard was that its a Chassidishe guy who is not religious anymore, but when he says give me a tuna bagel, it comes out as beigel- because the accent didn’t change with the religiosity.
Now who can tell me what a Tuna Beigel is?
Oh and has anyone ever heard the term Helicopter being used to describe certain types of chassidim?
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A Tunabeigel is a chassidshe hocker. Simple as that, except they’re more annoying because of their accents, and they have a bigger holier than thou attitude than anyone, because they’re chassidish.
I have heard of Helicopter Moms.
Are those the moms that shuckel so hard during tehilim that they look like helicopters
Yesterday I saw a Tuna Bagel. He wore no yammuke, had a star of david around his neck. And he spoke in a chassidish accent with alot of other people who were chassidish. There were other similar people next to him, but he was the only one to throw away his kippa in favor of a chain around his neck .
their the guys who drive pimped out escalades, decked out with hatzala lights, and they have at least 3 phones! (one must be a trio or blackberry, or both)
Matis, I thought those were hockers. I am so confused.
a tuna bagel is a chasidish guys that shave their beards and paiyos ( not neccesarily irreligious) and “blends in” with the crowd, until he opens his mouth and whips out an accent from the borough park or Williamsburg ghetto
Man, sporadic is the only one who got it right, a tuna beigel, is a chasidishe hocker. very simple, hocker refers to all hockers be they chasidish or not, tuna beigel is specifically for chasidim.
There really is no set term and meaning yet. its one that will find meaning along the way using different terminology till it becomes officialy one way.
No, Mike: BlackHatter is right, that I was right. A TunaBeigel already has a set definition, which is a chassidish hocker.
like is said on jacob’s blog, in addition to the accent being a giveaway to his non-frum look its the particular order he places in a place like dunkin donuts, because ofcourse he can’t eat cholov stam…
I rather be a tuna beigel than a yeshivshe shvuger, cuz yeshivish people are very cold people and tuna beigels at least have warm hearts
Actually, “not a tuna bagel” is right. A tuna baigel is a chassid who tries to not be chassidish. A tuna baigel is not a chassidish hocker. Agav, he may be a hocker, but that’s another issue.
A tuna beigel is a chosid who unsuccessfuly tries to blend into the non-chassidish crowd. He wears a white polo shirt and black jeans. Usually there is a Bluetooth piece in his ear. The tuna beigel always listens to Z100 (or some other shitty hip-hop station) in his big-ass SUV. He is constantly playing with his Blackberry on which he only pays five dollars a month for unlimited Sprint service (thanks to one of his fellow tuna beigel friends). There are also 3 other phones and a radio on his belt; all of which go untouched for months at a time.
If you go to a strip club and see a fat shlub with a yiddish accent trying to get a discount his on his lap dance, you are looking at a tuna beigel.
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