Yentagon

What is Yentagon?


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Your local Jewish community services building. Etymology: Yiddish word: Yenta (n./v. A gossip, or busybody), AND Pentagon: n. That big building in DC.

These buildings often contain many bustling agencies with oddly-acronymed names and people busily shuffling about within them.

And, oy, word spreads FAST...

"There's a bake-sale telethon street-fair this Sunday at the Yentagon. You going?"

"Nu, sure. I heard there might even be a fish taoukstand!


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