Joo

See also: joo, joō, jo'o, jòò, jōō, Jōō, and jöö

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 주 (ju).

Proper noun

Joo (plural Joos)

1. A surname from Korean.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Joo is the 10324^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3121 individuals. Joo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Joo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255.

Etymology 2

Noun

Joo (plural Joos or Jooz)

1. (usually derogatory) Deliberate misspelling of Jew.
   • 2006 April 7, Defendario, “Appeal For Palestine”, in soc.culture.israel‎^[1] (Usenet):

     FOAD you dirty joo. The fiction is that you jooz have a right to squat in PALESTINE.

   • 2007 December 30, Jasper PNL Mfrg LLCC, “Why be Jewish?”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[2] (Usenet):

     why do you Joos attempt to turn every discussion to their opponents' sexuality ? is it because yours is so repressed ?

   • 2009 November 6, trav...@aol.com, “Re: One Man Jihad at Fort Hood?”, in misc.legal‎^[3] (Usenet):

     The media's narrative of this of course is the awful white man with the innocent noble peaceful joo.

   • 2023 February 21, jdyoung, “Jewish Corruption in Ukraine”, in alt.politics.republicans‎^[4] (Usenet):

     I think "D.Ray/JohnN/loosecannon" sees Joos everywhere. Look out, Iben, they're under your bed!

Derived terms

• Jooish