yente

Since you asked so nicely, Rob, yente is Yiddish term for a woman who inserts herself into situations and peoples lives with great authority (and often great care), sort of a busybody, but not necessarily a bad thing.

Brownstoner 2010

"yente is Yiddish term for a woman who inserts herself into situations and peoples lives with great authority (and often great care), sort of a busybody, but not necessarily a bad thing."

Brownstoner 2010

Jonathan and Lucy of Talking Leaves in Buffalo, which embodies a good old tradition of bookselling and a smart awareness of new realities and Lucy is a yente and one of the most generous and caring people I know...

NAIBA-Con: The Speed Recap Book Nerd 2008

Jonathan and Lucy of Talking Leaves in Buffalo, which embodies a good old tradition of bookselling and a smart awareness of new realities and Lucy is a yente and one of the most generous and caring people I know...

Archive 2008-09-29 Book Nerd 2008

Three girls create an online quiz to chart their fellow students' ideas about sex -- and to play yente at the same time.

E. Lockhart's Blog: 2005

Three girls create an online quiz to chart their fellow students' ideas about sex -- and to play yente at the same time.

Books I've Been Reading, More 2005

If there is any distinction between the two words, yente is the more often used common noun meaning a

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3 1988

"Will someone please tell me what the fuck (if you must) yente means?"

Brownstoner 2010

Like in the following question: what the fuck is a yente!?

Brownstoner 2010

[kvetsh ` whiner '], Inc., a New York firm handling consumer complaints; the Chutzpah [sic] Phone Service in a number of cities, making challenging calls on assignment; as well as authors and publishers of such volumes as the Organic Yenta [yente ` gossip'] Cook Book and the Book of Buffs,

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983