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• n  (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
• n  (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

• Mittens' yenta-like attitude can get grating, and for a while Rhino is the only character with much wit or verve.
• It helps that the modern-day yenta looks less like Sylvia Miles in Crossing Delancey and more like Alicia Silverstone in NBC's Miss Match: young, attractive and a long way from .
• Staunton has made a long trip south from Oscar-nominated actress to Vera Drake, yenta.

News & Articles

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• The Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas
  For each of the sub-categories it analyzes— spilkes major (and spilkes minor ), yenta, kvetch, alter kocker , shnorrer , dementia-with-benefits , etc.— it provides lighthearted anecdotes that not only illustrate the diagnostic category, but also make you plotz with laughter.
  June 11, 2013 - Psychiatric Times

Quotes

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• Scarlett Johansson in OK! Magazine
  Johansson describes her relationship with Allen as "a young woman, great-uncle......Let's say a young blossoming woman and a sort of droopy, Jewish kind of yenta" and calls him a "standup comedian who loves an audience."
• Elliott Yamin in Houston Chronicle
  That song helped me overcome that 'woe is me' funk and channel all those emotions. That's something I've done my whole life. That's what music has been to me, my own oasis,says Yamin, 30, calling from his Los Angeles home. "Being the yenta...