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'''Yenta''' (יענתּאַ) from the ] Yente, a back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentīlis, of the same clan. Despite its higher origens, Yenta largely refers to a gossipy woman; a blabbermouth, who can't keep a secret, who spreads rumors and scandal and gladly gives advice wheter or not one even wants it and has become a popular term for a matchmaker. | ||
| Though Yenta doesn't have anything necessarily to do with match-making; in fact, the Yiddish word for matchmaker is '']'', not ''yenta'', yet it does have that usage in both social and cybersocial contexts, it is used often in that manner. | |||
| Yenta is the name of the ] in the ] ] '']''. This is something of an erroneous association, since matchmakers in traditional Eastern European Jewish ] were men, and the match was settled between the fathers. The original stories of ], from which '']'' is based, have all the matchmakers as men. | |||
| The name Yenta is also used (erroneously) by matchmaking websites and matchmaking software, and it is the name of the ] ] controller driver, which brings together Cardbus cards with the rest of the computer. | The name Yenta is also used (erroneously) by matchmaking websites and matchmaking software, and it is the name of the ] ] controller driver, which brings together Cardbus cards with the rest of the computer. | ||
| Yenta, apart from the popular dating context, is also a highly developed peer-to-peer coalition-formation computing system that autonomously determines users' interests and then automatically forms discussion groups, in which users who share one or more interests may send secure real-time messages to each other, either one-to-one or in groups. The system was originally developed as part of Leonard Foner's doctoral dissertation at the MIT Media Lab's Software Agents group and his patented method and system for constructing a knowledge profile of users comprising both a public and private data base of a computer users profile. | |||
| Among ], the use of the word "Yenta" in the derogatory sense is considered by some as ] (] for "evil tongue", the Jewish ] of gossip which generally refers to true statements). Though, if one is truly a Yenta (a gossip), then they themselves are also practicing ], according to the ]. | Among ], the use of the word "Yenta" in the derogatory sense is considered by some as ] (] for "evil tongue", the Jewish ] of gossip which generally refers to true statements). Though, if one is truly a Yenta (a gossip), then they themselves are also practicing ], according to the ]. | ||
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| ", since it is considered to defame all women who have that name, though many may be quite respectable." | ", since it is considered to defame all women who have that name, though many may be quite respectable." | ||
| I could not understand what it is supposed to mean, so commented it out for now, needs explanation.---> | I could not understand what it is supposed to mean, so commented it out for now, needs explanation.---> | ||
| yen·ta (yĕn'tə) pronunciation | |||
| n. Slang. | |||
| Yenta | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| Answers. | |||
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| Patent abstract 6115709. | |||
| Leonard Foner. | |||
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Yenta (יענתּאַ) from the Yiddish Yente, a back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentīlis, of the same clan. Despite its higher origens, Yenta largely refers to a gossipy woman; a blabbermouth, who can't keep a secret, who spreads rumors and scandal and gladly gives advice wheter or not one even wants it and has become a popular term for a matchmaker.
Though Yenta doesn't have anything necessarily to do with match-making; in fact, the Yiddish word for matchmaker is shadchan, not yenta, yet it does have that usage in both social and cybersocial contexts, it is used often in that manner.
Yenta is the name of the matchmaker in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. This is something of an erroneous association, since matchmakers in traditional Eastern European Jewish shtetls were men, and the match was settled between the fathers. The original stories of Sholom Aleichem, from which Fiddler on the Roof is based, have all the matchmakers as men.
The name Yenta is also used (erroneously) by matchmaking websites and matchmaking software, and it is the name of the Linux CardBus controller driver, which brings together Cardbus cards with the rest of the computer.
Yenta, apart from the popular dating context, is also a highly developed peer-to-peer coalition-formation computing system that autonomously determines users' interests and then automatically forms discussion groups, in which users who share one or more interests may send secure real-time messages to each other, either one-to-one or in groups. The system was originally developed as part of Leonard Foner's doctoral dissertation at the MIT Media Lab's Software Agents group and his patented method and system for constructing a knowledge profile of users comprising both a public and private data base of a computer users profile.
Among Orthodox Jews, the use of the word "Yenta" in the derogatory sense is considered by some as lashon hara (Hebrew for "evil tongue", the Jewish sin of gossip which generally refers to true statements). Though, if one is truly a Yenta (a gossip), then they themselves are also practicing lashon hara, according to the Chofetz Chaim.
yen·ta (yĕn'tə) pronunciation n. Slang.
Yenta
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