| Slur |
Represents |
Reasons/Origins |
| 10% Off | Jews | Refers to circumcision and
consumerism (never pay retail). The term is most widely used in the UK
where circumcision among non-Jews or non-Muslims is more rare, but in
the United States, where it is more common, it can be considered
insulting to many non-Jewish males as well. |
| Beastie Boy | Jews | Jews who act Black, like the
Jewish rap group The Beastie Boys. |
| Bible-Shortener | Jews | Seen on a Conan O'Brien
sketch "Rednecks' Favourite Euphemisms for Jews," backwards refers to the
difference between the Christian Bible and the Jewish one. The
Christian Bible includes the "New Testament" whereas the Jewish Bible
does not. |
| Horvitz | Jews | Last name of famous Jewish
con-artist/criminal. Refers to Jews who complain about low-paying jobs. |
| Bar Code | Jews | Jewish prisoners were tattooed
with a number on their arm while in concentration camps. While the bar
code was not invented(or at least patended) until after the war, this is
a slur in common, although incorrect, usage. |
| Big Nose | Jews | Refers to how Jews are said to
have large noses. |
| Bones | Jews | Reference to the holocaust when Jews
were often worked so hard, they were turned into a mere pile of bones. |
| Bronx Indian | Jews | Probably not derogatory,
possibly self-referential. Most likely from sometime between the turn of
the century and the early sixties. I have only found one reference to
it, but I believe it is most likely from the fact that in the first half
of the twentieth century, for a period almost fifty percent of the
Bronx was Jewish, thus they were seemingly like the native population of
the Bronx. |
| Campers | Jews | WWII reference and the propensity
of Jewish parents to send their children to summer camps. |
| Canadian Goose | Jews | Joe Kennedy used this term
in public to refer to Jews without anyone knowing he was doing so.
Refers to Jews being loud, pesty and foreign (as the geese are in
Massachusetts), and having big noses |
| Cashew | Jews | Catholic Jews. Mainly, the children
of a Jew and a Catholic. Originated from a standup routine by Jack
Carter in the 60s |
| Dial | Jews | During WWII, the Nazis would make soap
out of the fat of the burned Jews (Dial is a brand of soap). This story
is said to be true, and also said to be merely war propaganda. |
| Dreidl | Jews | Jewish toy |
| Falasha | Jews | Ethiopian Jews. A derogotory
nickname. The proper name is Bet-Yisrael |
| Gargamel | Jews | Refers to greedy, money centred
nature of Jews. Reference from Smurfs cartoon. |
| German Candle | Jews | Nazi's incinerated many Jews
during WW2 |
| Ghetto | Blacks | Many Black people are forced into
poor, crowded neighborhoods, like Jews were during the Holocaust. The
crowded, poor Jewish neighborhoods were called "Ghettoes." So are the
poor, crowded neighborhoods that Blacks are forced into. |
| Goldberg | Jews | Common Jewish name. Also has
slight money-related reference. |
| Goldie | Jews | Jews had to wear gold stars of david
during WW2 |
| Hanah | Jews | Popular Jewish name for girls,
pronounced like the chanu in Chanukah |
| Hebro | Jews | Black Jews. Combination of "Hebrew"
and "bro," or "Hebrew" and "Negro." |
| Isaac | Jews | Used by Errol Flynn in a 1933 letter
to German intelligence agent Hermann Erben. Assumes that "Isaac" and all
of its other incarnations are common names among Jews. |
| JAP (2) | Jews | Stands for "Jewish-American
Princess". Related to the familiar 'Yenta'. Origins in Philip Roth's
short story "Goodbye Columbus." |
| Jesus Killer | Jews | Christians in the times of
WWII when the Jews were most hated used this slur as a reason to hate
Jews. |
| Jew | Jews | Short for Jewish. Not really a slur but
could be if you say it the right way. |
| Jew Yorker | Jews | Due to high incidence of Jews in
NY |
| Jewbacca | Jews | Hairy Jews. In reference to the
hairy creature Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies. |
| Jewbling | Jews | Small/young Jews. |
| Jewbu | Jews | A former person of the Jewish faith
who has switched to Buddhism(apparently there are many). |
| Jewgaboo | Jews | A Jewish person that acts or tries
to act like a black person or is half black. |
| Jewlet | Jews | Female Teenage Jews. Heard
frequently in NY. |
| Jewmaican | Jews | A Jewish person that acts
Jamaican or Rastafarian or is half Jamaican. |
| Jewpidity | Jews | Jewish + stupidity. |
| Jish | Jewish | Slurred contraction of "Jewish" |
| JUBU | Jews | Jewish people attempting to act black.
From the clothing marketed towards black people, FUBU. |
| Kike | Jews | Originates from the word 'keikl', in
Yiddish, which means 'circle', the reason being that the first Jewish
immigrants in America, who were unable to sign their names, signed with a
circle instead of a cross. |
| Lamp Shade | Jews | The Nazis had lamp shades made
from Jewish skin |
| Matza-Gobbler | Jews | Matza is Jewish un-levened
bread |
| Matzah | Jews | Refers to the Jewish food matzah
balls |
| Mockey | Jews | Jews "mocked" Jesus at his death. |
| Mosquito (2) | Jews | Jews tend have long noses,
similar to a mosquito. |
| Palm Beacher | Jews | Elderly Jews in Palm Beach
County Florida deadlocked the election for 2 months. |
| Penny Chaser | Jews | The old "Jews are cheap"
thing. |
| Popular Science | Jews | Experiments performed on
the Jews during WW2 |
| Seinfeld | Jews | Probably one of the most famous
Jews. |
| Shiksa | Whites | Yiddish word used mainly by
Orthodox Jews to describe non-Jewish women or a Jewish woman who doesn't
observe all Jewish precepts. |
| Six-nose | Jews | Jews have hooked or "six shaped"
nose |
| Snow Bird (2) | Jews | Refers to old Jewish retirees
who transplant themselves to Florida. Although they move to the
sunshine state, they stay indoors thus retaing their white color. |
| Snowflake (2) | Jews | When they would burn the Jews
and the ashes would come out the smoke stacks. (See Schiendler's List) |
| Special Meal | Jews | When a Jewish person gets a
meal on a plane, it's from the kosher menu and a special meal not
offered to regular passengers |
