Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

Żydek

English translation:

kike

Added to glossary by Darius Saczuk
Aug 29, 2012 20:39
11 yrs ago
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Polish term

Żydki

May offend Polish to English Bus/Financial Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
W ogóle sytuacja była napięta w klasie, […] podchodzi do mnie i mówi: no, co, Żydki niedługo pójdą na Moskwę, co? Jak te Żydki się panoszą! […] Po tej Zagładzie i po wojnie, tak nas wychowano, a jeżeli nie wychowano, to dano nam do zrozumienia, że jak chcesz tu zostać [w Polsce – przyp. autora], to musisz się bić… No to go rąbnąłem zdrowo… […]
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 kike
3 +1 Abbies, Heebs, Hymies,
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Sep 13, 2012 18:19: Darius Saczuk Created KOG entry

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kike

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agree petrolhead
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Dziękuję, petrolhead. :-)
agree Polangmar
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Abbies, Heebs, Hymies,

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"Abbie", "Abe", and "Abie": (North America) a Jewish male. From the proper name Abraham. Originated before the 1950s.[56]
"Heeb", "Hebe": (U.S.) offensive term for a Jew, derived from the word "Hebrew".[57][58]
"Hymie": A Jew, from the Hebrew Chaim ("life"). Also used in the term "Hymie-town," a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn.[59]
"Ikey", "ike", "iky": a Jew [from Isaac][60]
"Ikey-mo", "ikeymo": a Jew [from Isaac and Moses][61]
"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 [first used in the 1930s][62]
"Mock", "moch": (U.S.) a Jew [first used in the 1960s as an abbreviated form of mocky (qv)][63]
"Sheeny"[64]: From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful."[citation needed]
Shylock: Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
"Yid": Yiddish word for Jew.[65]

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agree petrolhead
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