'to kvetch' was originally a
Yiddish verb but it has since been
Americanized into the following meanings:
* 1. 'to kvetch' is to complain a great deal about something, whether in genuine complaint or to vent frustrations or as a form of empty grousing
* 2. a 'kvetch' is either a nagging complaint or a group session of small talk during which people vent frustrations
* 3. 'kvetch' is sometimes used as an euphemism for the non-gender-specific meanings of the epithet bitch