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| In ], ''siksa'' ({{IPA-pl|ʂɨksa|pron}}) is a pejorative word for an immature young girl or teenage girl, as it is a ] between the Yiddish term and usage of the Polish verb ''sikać'' ("to urinate"). It means "pisspants" and is roughly equivalent to the English terms "snot-nosed brat", "little squirt", or "kid".<ref> (przeglądanie dokumentu wymaga instalacji przeglądarki ])</ref> | In ], ''siksa'' ({{IPA-pl|ʂɨksa|pron}}) is a pejorative word for an immature young girl or teenage girl, as it is a ] between the Yiddish term and usage of the Polish verb ''sikać'' ("to urinate"). It means "pisspants" and is roughly equivalent to the English terms "snot-nosed brat", "little squirt", or "kid".<ref> (przeglądanie dokumentu wymaga instalacji przeglądarki ])</ref> | ||
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| In the ] episode, ], ]'s character is kissed by her boss's son on his bar mitzvah. Later, it is shown that even her boss isn't immune to her so called "shiksa appeal". When she tries to talk to a ] about this, he too, comes on to her.<ref>(Script for the episode "The Serenity Now)</ref> | |||
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For the traditional Hindu science of the phonetics and phonology of Sanskrit, see Shiksha. For the Indian educational organization, see Shiksha (NGO). For the 1970 film, see Shiksha (film).Shiksa (Yiddish: שיקסע shikse) is an often disparaging term of Yiddish origin that has moved into English usage (as well as Polish), mostly in North American Jewish culture, as a term for a non-Jewish woman or girl.
Writer Menachem Kaiser argues in his essay "Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa" that "the pejorative connotation of 'shiksa' is fuzzy at best" because "'shiksa' today is used as often as not in winking self-reference".
Among Orthodox Jews, the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.
The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz.
Derivation
The etymology of the word shiksa is partly derived from the Hebrew term שקץ shekets, meaning "abomination", "impure," or "object of loathing", depending on the translator.
Several dictionaries define "shiksa" as a disparaging and offensive term applied to a non-Jewish girl or woman.
In Polish, siksa (pronounced [ʂɨksa]) is a pejorative word for an immature young girl or teenage girl, as it is a conflation between the Yiddish term and usage of the Polish verb sikać ("to urinate"). It means "pisspants" and is roughly equivalent to the English terms "snot-nosed brat", "little squirt", or "kid".
See also
References
- ^ "Shiksa—Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary".
- Kaiser, Menachem (March 6, 2013). "Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- Question 19.6: What does "shiksa" and "shaygetz" mean? How offensive are they?
- "definition of shiksa". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- Kaiser, Menachem (3 March 2013). "Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- Słownik języka polskiego - str.112 (przeglądanie dokumentu wymaga instalacji przeglądarki DjVu)