I saw this term on another post and it cracked me up. Context clues did not help me out. I am totally uncultured so please define it for me

Colleen, schlep or schlepping is a Yiddish word used to describe moving an item from one location to another and it being a miserable experience.

Example: I had to schlep my luggage up Seventh Avenue through Times Square and all the tourists all the way from Penn Station to Central Park.

For example you would schlepp your bags to your room. Basically carrying something yourself, or dragging yourself somewhere. "We schlepped all over Disneyland". I was a bellman at one time so I know that people don't like to schlepp their own bags!!

Schlepp(v) is a Yiddish word that literally means to haul or drag. The great difficulty of doing often causes the schlepper (n) to exclaim, "OY!"

schlep or schlepp also shlep ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shlp) Slang
v. schlepped, or schlepped also shlepped schlep·ping, or schlepp·ing shlep·ping schleps or schlepps shleps
v. tr.
To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug: schlepped a shopping bag around town.

v. intr.
To move slowly or laboriously: schlepped around with the twins in a stroller.

n.
An arduous journey.

What a wonderful word, I love it! It really gets the point across doesn't it!? Thank you dearly for the vocab lesson!

Once I saw a tote bad with a word "Schlepper" on it. Funny!

Yiddish has many wonderful colorful expressions!

Here's another new word, Colleen : Dictionary. When's your birthday? I'll call your family.

TSD - oy vey!

TSD- LOL!!!

...and often when you're schlepping, you start schvitzing or wind up all ferschvitzed (sweaty/sweating). Especially if you live in a walk-up and went grocery shopping.

God forbid the tchotchkes you schlep through the craft market!

Extra!Extra!, interviewing Beyonce..."Dahling, what's the most difficult part of travelling for a Diva?"...Bquot; Oh, Dahling, schlepping my Bling-Bling!!"

Schlep is the unknown Fifth Stooge. The older brother of Shemp.

<<< God forbid the tchotchkes you schlep through the craft market!>>>
GoT, you crack me up !

R5

Gizunteriet!! Vat, you dont know vat schlepping means?? OY VEY IS MERE!
Gey Shluffin and ven you vake up, you vill be refreshed and know a few more yiddish words. If you are very tired, you will just have to schlep yourself out of that bed!

Just my two cents:
I would think that the term was adopted from the German language (as many other Yiddish terms are, too).
It is very commonly used in German for carrying heavy (or not so heavy) items around.
So you folks not only know yet another Yiddish expression, but can even righteously claim that you have started your first steps towards learning German ;-)!

I shlepped my MIL all over town, listening to her kvetch and now my keppie hurts. I'm shluffy so I better lay down. I can't take her mishagass.

(BTW, never learned to spell in Yiddish so this is my approximation!)

OWJ,
keppie ??
R5