"Trombonik Tanz"

[Farfl's House <farfl...>]

I've always understood "trombenik" to mean a boastful loudmouth, one who
"blows his or her own horn", so to speak, so the horn-blowing definition
derived from the Polish that you speak of fits right into this context.
The word "trombenik" in "Trombonik Tanz" (spelling changed to make a
play on the fact that the piece showcases Zentner's trombone playing)
definitely has negative connotations, as someone (Klein?) complains
"Oy..the trombenik!"
Best Regards,
Lederman (Katzultant)
http://webhome.idirect.com/~lederm3/katzmain.htm

> Subject:
>         trombenik definition
>    Date:
>         Sun, 29 Oct 2000 07:57:35 -0500
>    From:
>         Bert Stratton
>      To:
>         World music from a Jewish slant
>
>
>
> Re: the well-known N. Farber/M. Katz trombone instrumental "Trombenik Tanz."
>
> All my Yiddish dictionaries say "trombenik" means "lazy person,
> ne'er-do-well."  But Leo Rosten and Arthur Naiman add the meaning "boastful
> loudmouth," and say the word is derived from the Polish for a "blower of a
> horn or trumpet."
>
> Are Rosten and Naiman right, particularly about the "horn or trumpet"
> derivation?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Bert Stratton
> Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
> http://www.yiddishecup.com
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