Baleboos (bal-a-bus') Man of the house, or the boss at the office

Baleboosteh (bal-a-bus'-stah) An organized, efficient, praise-worthy homemaker. Also the boss-lady or boss's wife; a bossy woman.

Bashert (bah-shert') Pre-destined, fated, meant to be. "Beshert is beshert" is the Yiddish equivalent of "Que sera, sera." When used as a noun, it means "soul mate" or the one with whom you were destined to be.

Beryiah (berr'-yeh) A baleboosteh squared; a regular Martha Stewart. A homemaker (female) who puts the rest of us to shame.

Beytsim (bates-sim') Mean eggs, but also takes on the expression "balls". When someone gets too wistful, sentimental and/or regretful imaging how things could be/have been "if only...", a frustrated listener might interject a dose of reality with: "As di bubbe volt gehat beytsim volt zi gevain mayn zaidah." (i.e. "If my grandmother had balls, she'd be my grandfather.")

Bisel (bis-el') A little. "Give me a bissel lox on my bagel, would you, darling?" A biselleh is even less.

Biseleh (bis'-el-eh) A very little bit

Boychick - (boy-chick') Young boy (endearing)

Bubba Meisah (bubba my'-seh) (meish=story) Literally, a "grandmother's story," or old wives' tale, such as "You'd better stop making that face! I knew a girl whose face froze like that!" Basically, a story of dubious truth, often based on rumor, gossip or stemming from a desire to impress others or keep the kids in line. Real B.S.. The original urban legend.

Bubbellah (boob'-be-leh) An affectionate way of refering to someone, Bubbies call their grandchildren "bubbellah." much like "sweetie." Close friends and long-time business partners might call each other "bubbellah," or boubbie, for short. (pronounced like "bookie" vs. the shorter "u" in Bubby, below.)

Bubby (bub'-by) (rhymes with cubby) (also spelled Bubbe, Bubbeh) Grandmother

Bulvan (bull'-vahn) An ox; a strong, but unrefined man. Such a man might be a prize fighter or a piano mover.

Bupkis (bup'-kiss) Literally means dung, colloquially, nothing. "You're gonna sue me?! You know what you'll get!!?? Bupkis!"