Vort for today: shmutz

Shmutz: Dirt. Refers to a trivial amount of nuisance dirt, not real filth.

(compliments of http://www.jewfaq.org/yiddish.htm, 6/3/08)

• Ducky might say "I sat in the courtyard and talked with a client. When I got up and left, I had unidentifiable shelter shmutz on my pant leg."
• Knut might say "Oh, great. You're going to get in the car with that shmutz on your pants?"