shtoom

[LukkyKnight]

Typically an adjective, it can also be an intransitive verb: silent, speechless, mute, as in "to keep (or stay) shtoom."

Please try to work this into your active everyday vocabulary.

 

[Olivianna]

Amazing. What is its etymological origin?

I have been rendered shtoom.

 

[LukkyKnight]

From Yiddish: stumm

Essentially the identical meaning(s) as above.

 

[perks]

shtoom yourself.