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		chewz on April 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much Polish is there in Yiddish and how much Y... These particular words and more are still used in Polish - ksywa, frajer - not just in slang. However they drop out of use nowadays...

aakkaarr on April 4, 2021 [–]

Reminds me about the Czech song "szukam cię Miłoszu z Warszawy" where the pal is called "frajer" too, so Czech people use it too

andrewshadura on April 4, 2021 | [–]

In Czech and Slovak frajer/frajerka are normally used to mean boyfriend/girlfriend (unlike e.g. in Russian).

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