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Hebonics

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Etymology

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Blend of Hebrew +‎ Ebonics

Proper noun

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Hebonics

  1. (humorous) The Jewish dialect of English.
    • 2005, Hella Winston, Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels, page 61:
      Yossi needed a drink; he was still nervous and a bit shaky after his narrow escape from the '"chood," as they liked to call it in "Hebonics."