\fR oo m-hāk\ n. Any application of ingenuity for those who are committed to observe the 613 Mitzvot. [ORIGIN: Yiddish פֿרום (frum|fR oo m) meaning "commited to observe the 613 Mitzvot, or Jewish commandments" and the English Slang term HACK (hāk|hak) or LIFEHACK (līf-hāk|lahyf-hak) meaning "anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever/non-obvious way or an appropriate application of ingenuity"]

As oxymoronic as it sounds, they do offer Yiddish at colleges. Has anyone ever taken a college Yiddish class, or tried to learn Yiddish from a tape or audio CD? If you have you will know that it is ridiculous and hilarious. The phrases that they use for examples to teach the language are phrases that you will NEVER  use while speaking Yiddish. For example, “That is a lovely red dress you are wearing, would you like to go dancing? - Das ist ein schönes rotes Kleid tragen Sie, möchten Sie tanzen gehen?” Seriously? Seriously, Yiddish class?! Seriously?! Or better yet, “Do you come here often? - Sie kommen oft hierher?” Seriously?! But of course the best is the first thing they teach you to say, “Is this the college level Yiddish class? - Ist das der Hochschule Ebene Jiddisch Klasse?” Ya, that will come up in conversation…

But fear not! Now you can learn the language from a little old lady names Millie. Check out this extensive list of places to learn lots of languages online: http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.html

Maybe you can pick up some Arabic and become a mossad spy!

Viel freilech in der Disco!