Meanings
borscht belt1
- Alternative letter-case form of Borscht Belt.
Borscht Belt2
alternative Borsht Belt · alternative borscht belt
- An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.
Synonyms: Borscht Circuit, Jewish Alps, Yiddish Alps
alternative Borsht Belt · alternative borscht belt
- comedyA style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.
alternative Borsht Belt · alternative borscht belt
- comedyOf a style of this comedy.
2012, March 2. Matt Soergel, "'Hedwig', 'Shortbus' filmmaker brings film, commentary to Five Points", Jacksonville.com. With my buddies, it's going to be very borscht belt, very shtick heavy.
1 more example
Allen plays Alvy Singer, a Jewish comedian whose jokes are more Borscht Belt than sly urban wit.
2007, Steven H. Scheuer, Alida Brill-Scheuer, Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German Borschtsch-Gürtel
- Borschtsch-Gürtelarea in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts
Polish pas barszczowy
- pas barszczowyarea in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts
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