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This article is the list of ethnic slurs of Jews around the world.
Anglophone world
- 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.
- Mock / moch: (U.S.) a Jew
- Mocky / moky / moxy / mockey / mockie / mocky
- (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)
References
- Spears, loc. cit. p. 1.
- Madresh, Marjorie (2004-05-28). "Founder of 'Hip to be Heeb' magazine speaks to students". The Triangle Online. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- "Merriam-Webster Online definition of hebe". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- Hymie, Eric Wolarsky, Rhetoric of Race Dictionary Project, College of New Jersey. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- John A. Simpson, Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang ISBN 0-19-861052-1. "ikey", loc. cit.
- Loc cit. "ikeymo"
- Simpson. "mock", loc. cit.
- Ibid. "mocky".
- 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
- Online Etymological Dictionary: Yid
- Даль, Владимир (1981) . Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка (in Russian). Vol. II. Москва: Русский язык. p. 105.
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