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Macacawitz was a pejorative term used by Meryl Ibis, an field organizer for Democratic congressional candidate Al Weed as a reference for incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen. The self-coined slur, which resulted in Ibis's resignation, was a portmanteau of "Macaca," a slur used by Allen on August 11, 2006, and "-witz," a common ending of Jewish surnames. It was revealed on August 25 that Allen's mother was probably Jewish, and therefore, he was too.

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  1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762_pf.html
  2. http://www.californiarepublic.org/archives/Columns/Gorin/20061023GorinTrouble.html
  3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001965.html


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