shonda

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of shanda.

   “Mendelabah, it's a shonda we have no shul. It's a shonda you should have to go to a room in back of Cohens' Feed and Grains store for a minyon. It's a shonda the boys have to study their Hebrew lessons in the Goodkowitz's kitchen while Mrs.Gooodkovitz is selling pickles and herring, and everyone is coming in and out and out and in.”

   “You also have the free will to commit a shonda, or sin, and have this child out of wedlock. The choice is yours and yours alone.”

   “"Shame on those who defile the community by resorting to brutal combat, combat which results in bruises and a bloodied nose. A shonda”, and when in Chelm, not long ago, Shmuel Yoel deserted his wife and three children, all under the age of five, the Chelm residents let out a collective wail, “A shonda. Could anything again ever shame the community so much”.”

   “Such a shonda! Never have I seen such a thing.”

name

1. A female given name of modern usage.