No-one besides the OED.. There is no central authority for English, but if there were one it would be the OED. Besides, there are copious examples of people usi

No-one besides the OED.. There is no central authority for English, but if there were one it would be the OED. Besides, there are copious examples of people using it in that way in English for half a century: the OED catalogues these so it's not really up for debate in English. And that's the point, it's English not Yiddish we are talking about. You would say "it's Yiddish, not German" if a German started trying to correct you on things because he's a "native speaker". Edit: as far as I can tell the article always said "originally a Yiddish word" which serves to hold the case I am making.