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==Anglophone world== ==Anglophone world==
* '''Abbie, Abe, and Abie''': (]) a ] male. From the proper name ''Abraham''. Originated before the 1950s.<ref>Spears, loc. cit. p. 1.</ref> * "Abbie", "Abe", and "Abie": (]) a ] male. From the proper name ]. Originated before the 1950s.<ref>Spears, loc. cit. p. 1.</ref>
*'''Heeb''', '''Hebe''': (U.S.) offensive term for a ] person, derived from the word "]".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2004/05/28/News/Founder.Of.hip.To.Be.Heeb.Magazine.Speaks.To.Students-683529.shtml | last = Madresh | first = Marjorie | title = Founder of 'Hip to be Heeb' magazine speaks to students| publisher = The Triangle Online | date = 2004-05-28 |accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hebe | title = Merriam-Webster Online definition of ''hebe'' | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> * "Heeb", "Hebe": (U.S.) offensive term for a Jewish person, derived from the word "]".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2004/05/28/News/Founder.Of.hip.To.Be.Heeb.Magazine.Speaks.To.Students-683529.shtml | last = Madresh | first = Marjorie | title = Founder of 'Hip to be Heeb' magazine speaks to students| publisher = The Triangle Online | date = 2004-05-28 |accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hebe | title = Merriam-Webster Online definition of ''hebe'' | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref>
*'''Hymie''' : A Jew, from the Hebrew ''Chaim'' ("life"). Also used in the term, "Hymie-town," a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn.<ref>, Eric Wolarsky, ''Rhetoric of Race Dictionary Project'', ]. Retrieved 2007-11-06.</ref> * "Hymie": A Jew, from the Hebrew ''Chaim'' ("life"). Also used in the term "Hymie-town," a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn.<ref>, Eric Wolarsky, ''Rhetoric of Race Dictionary Project'', ]. Retrieved 2007-11-06.</ref>
* '''Ikey / ike / iky''': a Jew <ref>], ''Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang'' ISBN 0-19-861052-1. "ikey", loc. cit.</ref> * "Ikey", "ike", "iky": a Jew <ref>], ''Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang'' ISBN 0-19-861052-1. "ikey", loc. cit.</ref>
* '''Ikey-mo / ikeymo''': a Jew <ref>Loc cit. "ikeymo"</ref> * "Ikey-mo", "ikeymo": a Jew <ref>Loc cit. "ikeymo"</ref>
*''']''': ] word for "]"—] Jews who entered the United States at ] signed their names with a circle instead of a ] because they associated the cross with ]. * "]": ] word for "]"—] Jews who entered the United States at ] signed their names with a circle instead of a ] because they associated the cross with ].
* '''Mock''' / '''moch''': (U.S.) a Jew <ref>Simpson. "mock", loc. cit.</ref> * "Mocky", "moky", "moxy", "mockey", "mockie", "mocky": (U.S.) a Jew <ref>Ibid. "mocky".</ref>
;'''Mocky / moky / moxy / mockey / mockie / mocky''': (U.S.) a Jew <ref>Ibid. "mocky".</ref> * "Mock", "moch": (U.S.) a Jew <ref>Simpson. "mock", loc. cit.</ref>
*'''Sheeny'''<ref>{{citation |title=But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters |last=Rockaway |first=Robert A. |publisher=Gefen Publishing House Ltd. |year=2000 |isbn=9652292494 |page=95 }}</ref>: From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful."{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} * "Sheeny"<ref>{{citation |title=But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters |last=Rockaway |first=Robert A. |publisher=Gefen Publishing House Ltd. |year=2000 |isbn=9652292494 |page=95 }}</ref>: From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful."{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
*''']''': Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". * ]: Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
*''']''': Yiddish word for ''Jew''.<ref></ref> * "]": Yiddish word for Jew.<ref></ref>



==Other languages== ==Other languages==
* Armenian: ] * Armenian: ]
* Finnish: ] * Finnish: '']''
* French: ]; ] * French: '']''; '']''
* German: Judenschwein (plural: '-e') * German: ''Judenschwein'' (plural: '-e')
* Romanian: jidan * Romanian: ''jidan''


;Slavic languages ;Slavic languages
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* Bulgarian: чифут * Bulgarian: чифут
* Russian: ]; ке́рмикъ (obsolete; Siberian dialects)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Даль|first1= Владимир|authorlink1= Vladimir Dal|title= Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка|trans_title= ]|volume= II| year= 1981|origyear= 1881|publisher= Русский язык|location= Москва|language= Russian|page= 105|pages= 779|at= |trans_chapter= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}}</ref>; пархатый; маланец * Russian: ]; ке́рмикъ (obsolete; Siberian dialects)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Даль|first1= Владимир|authorlink1= Vladimir Dal|title= Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка|trans_title= ]|volume= II| year= 1981|origyear= 1881|publisher= Русский язык|location= Москва|language= Russian|page= 105|pages= 779|at= |trans_chapter= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}}</ref>; пархатый; маланец

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  • "Abbie", "Abe", and "Abie": (North America) a Jewish male. From the proper name Abraham. Originated before the 1950s.
  • "Heeb", "Hebe": (U.S.) offensive term for a Jewish person, derived from the word "Hebrew".
  • "Hymie": A Jew, from the Hebrew Chaim ("life"). Also used in the term "Hymie-town," a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn.
  • "Ikey", "ike", "iky": a Jew
  • "Ikey-mo", "ikeymo": a Jew
  • "Kike": Yiddish word for "circle"—Illiterate Jews who entered the United States at Ellis Island signed their names with a circle instead of a cross because they associated the cross with Christianity.
  • "Mocky", "moky", "moxy", "mockey", "mockie", "mocky": (U.S.) a Jew
  • "Mock", "moch": (U.S.) a Jew
  • "Sheeny": From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful."
  • Shylock: Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
  • "Yid": Yiddish word for Jew.

Other languages

Slavic languages
  • Belarussian: жыд
  • Bulgarian: чифут
  • Russian: жид; ке́рмикъ (obsolete; Siberian dialects); пархатый; маланец

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References

  1. Spears, loc. cit. p. 1.
  2. Madresh, Marjorie (2004-05-28). "Founder of 'Hip to be Heeb' magazine speaks to students". The Triangle Online. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  3. "Merriam-Webster Online definition of hebe". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  4. Hymie, Eric Wolarsky, Rhetoric of Race Dictionary Project, College of New Jersey. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  5. John A. Simpson, Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang ISBN 0-19-861052-1. "ikey", loc. cit.
  6. Loc cit. "ikeymo"
  7. Ibid. "mocky".
  8. Simpson. "mock", loc. cit.
  9. Rockaway, Robert A. (2000), But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters, Gefen Publishing House Ltd., p. 95, ISBN 9652292494
  10. Online Etymological Dictionary: Yid
  11. Даль, Владимир (1981) . Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка (in Russian). Vol. II. Москва: Русский язык. p. 105. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |lastauthoramp=, |trans_chapter=, |laydate=, |chapterurl=, |laysummary=, and |separator= (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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