Tchotchke

How kind of Thesaurus.com to present a slideshow on "9 Yiddish loanwords that will make you a maven".  I suppose they had to do something since looking for synonyms for these truly expressive terms had to be a challenge for them.

Tchotchke, plotz, maven, schmooze, chutzpah, spiel, schmaltz - all good choices for the Yiddish greenhorn.  I will take a pass on "glitch" - it may have Yiddish roots but it is now too firmly entrenched in our English vernacular.

For those wishing to expand their Yiddishkeit even further may I suggest a dozen more?

Bupkes
Gornisht
Kibbitz
Kvetch
Mensh
Mishpochah
Mishugganah
Nosh
Shlep
Shmutz
Tuchas
Tzoris

Don't plotz if you can't master all of those, just go with OY!  It will usually get you past any crisis.

;-)