- bodega: a small grocery store
- gabagool: Capicola – an Italian pork cold cut
- fuhgeddaboudit: forget about it
- heebie-jeebies: a nervous feeling
- schvitz: to sweat
- mazel tov: good luck
- oy vey: an expression of surprise or dismay
- schlep: to carry or drag something with difficulty
- yenta: a gossipy woman
- tuchus: buttocks
