dybbuk

noun

Etymology: From Yiddish דיבוק (dibek), from Hebrew דבק (dovek, “cling”).

1. A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

   “And who am I? A dybbuk—a demon of all shapes and no shape. My profession is forced entry into the minds of mortals; my speciality is Jews.”

   “The Great Freddie stood up. “I'm glad that our paths crossed again. I want to help you. But I don't want to be possessed by a Jewish dybbuk. When I was growing up, I never saw a Jew. I thought they all wore horns and had tails.” Said the dybbuk, “What do you know? In the shtetl where I grew up, the muddy village, we thought all Christians had tails and horns. And the Nazi soldiers carried pitchforks.””