An organ is a part of your body that performs a specific function: like your brain, lungs, or skin. You might not use the word organ often, but you use organs every second â imagine getting through a day without your heart or skin. An organ may also serve a specific function for an institution: a periodical like a newsletter can be an organ of an organization.
Click Play to hear the word Mensch Mensch is a Yiddish word meaning a person of integrity and honor Leo Rosten, author of the lexicon The Joys of Yiddish, says a mensch is a term that Jews grew up on in their childhood. â¦ Continue reading â
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Mensch, pronounced MENSH. It is yiddish, and iterally means man, or human being, but its real meaning has been one of the all-time challenges to those translating from Yiddish to English. When you say someone is a real mensch, it is perhaps the highest compliment that can be paid. It means he is generous (like a real man), reliable (like a real man), modest (like a real man), and loyal. A mensch is what you would want your best friend to be. If he were, he would be a real mensch. You couldn't ask for more. Perhaps it is more clear if I tell you that the opposite (or at least one opposite) of a mensch is a schmuck.