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    jewishness
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    A number of threads talk about bochurim acting “cool” or “with it”. They describe how in the yeshiva world there are certain actions and ways of talking or dressing etc. which are the unspoken “in” thing to do. I find that really interesting. Can someone give some examples?

    #720883
    real-brisker
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    BRIM UP

    #720884
    Ma Chovaso
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    Its something like wearing plum colored burberry crew neck sweaters over the traditional white shirt black pants…

    The cool ones also tend to stand out on a limb and do the gray pant thing every few days

    #720885
    wag the dog
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    I think one example is zizit hanging out and to what length. Although it is brought down in sifarim to wear it where it can be seen some guys wear it far out, extending real low. I think it is a with it move.

    #720886
    not2bright
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    real-brisker, chill out about the brim-up thing, when you say bochurim are doing it to look cool, you are accusing 1000s of good kids of ignoring their rosh’s speech about not looking cool, when they could just like how it looks better, not want to completely stick out etc.

    #720887
    real-brisker
    Member

    not2bright – Why in the world would it be sticking out? Its the normal way how to wear a hat! I never heard of doing something normal that sticks out! Its obviously being done because its cool!

    #720888
    ronrsr
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    colored shirts? blue jeans?

    #720889
    wag the dog
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    I think chup size makes a difference. Also the angle of the yarmulka meaning how close to the front or side of head play in as factors. Also Yarmulka size.

    #720890
    jhcvivgwry
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    shirt untucked

    the longer the hair (in the front) is , the more cool…

    the more deodorant (especially axe) the more cool…

    peyos in the front

    There is some more but was already mentioned like:

    gray pants

    yarmulka to the side

    yarmulka size

    #720891
    blueprints
    Participant

    oy these american minhogim

    just stick with white shirt black trowsers

    and duh the tzitzis stick out! that’s not yeshivish that’s done in primary school

    #720892
    bpt
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    Very subjective terms, so they really elude definition. In my shul, I’m condsidered “with it”, yet if I went to a place in <take your pick>, I’d be as stale as week-old bread.

    Its like trying to define “pretty”. Depends on the yardstick you’re using

    #720893
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Its like trying to define “pretty”. Depends on the (sic) tape-measure you’re using

    #720895
    jewishness
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    Then of course there is the form of speech. The more you pepper your talk with really weird Yiddish words or hard core Aramaic lingo….your totally with the in group. Your like in in in.

    #720896
    Yanky123
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    It’s very not cool to post on a nerdy thread as such.

    ”Style looses its class when spoken about”. -Hugo Boss, March 2009-

    #720898
    Jam
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    blueprints, u must surely be from England.

    ( “trousers” and “primary school” gave it away)

    #720899

    Don’t listen to the poster above me- he’s still new2thescene.

    In EY their chups are so big that they don’t pull their hats down level to their heads they tilt it back enough to not disturb the chup chas v’shalom.

    Also if you don’t have stripes on your jacket and pants as well as white on white stripes on your shirt you are probably older than 45 here.

    Also if your hat doesn’t have silver on it, you’re probably not from EY. Increases “with it”ness based on size of silver tab.

    #720900
    blueprints
    Participant

    oh i’m sorry

    pants

    and elementary school sigh

    #720901
    blueprints
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    by the way trowsers is with a w.

    #720902
    eclipse
    Member

    Holding your jacket with a finger or two over one shoulder…

    Walking around with a nice sweater and ONLY A SCARF in zero degree weather…

    #720903
    bpt
    Participant

    A SCARF

    Oooh, Eclispe, did you hit this one on target. My kids scarves are WAY cooler than mine.

    #720904
    Sacrilege
    Member

    I think its more about personality and secular knowledge… on the “with it” front at least.

    #720905
    eclipse
    Member

    BPT,I think it’s an Israeli thing– only the scarf. No?

    It got adapted here in America.

    #720906

    Maybe it got started from people that wear there jackets and scarves in the Beis Medrash and then some people dropped the jacket

    #720907
    eclipse
    Member

    Makes sense,DHM.

    #720908
    Yanky123
    Member

    Derech Ha’; I’m actually not new to the yeshiva or style scene. I’ve been for last ten years. That was my first screen name, new2 yeshiva world coffee room. Never had a chance to change it yet,

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