jew
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See also: Jew
English
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Etymology 1
Transferred use of Jew.
Alternative forms
Verb
jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)
- (offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Jew
- 2001 September 24, Donald R. Bernard, John Goldsmith, Bullion, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 162:
- 'You're jewing me on the price, right? Well get this and get it good, I don't get jewed. Not by anybody.' Dan, who had lost the toss and taken the call, wished John a Merry Christmas. The advent of Christmas compounded their problems.
- 2004 June 20, Victor, “The Ten Truths: On Jewish Lawyers & the Jewing of Law”, in alt.california[1] (Usenet):
- Nevertheless, decisions used to be rendered based on long-honored
White traditions or "precedent," and supported by reason and logic. In
today's jewed system, by contrast, one is more apt to read a legal
opinion which cites U.N. resolutions or jewish sociologists than
Black's Law Dictionary.
- 2015 May 12, Herbert Burkholz, Writer-in-Residence, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
- “By God, you're jewing me, that's what it is.” “Take it or leave it.” “Oh, I take it, but you're jewing me.” Max made a sweeping motion with his hand and the two women came down the bar to join them. When he told Helga that everything […]
- 2017 March 28, Stephen King, Different Seasons: Four Novellas, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47:
- “And listen to me well: if you're jewing me somehow, you're gonna find yourself chasing your own head around Shower C before the week's out.” “Yes, I understand that,” Andy said softly. And he did [...]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:jew.
Derived terms
Noun
jew (plural jews)
- (Australia) The jewfish. [from 19th c.]
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
- The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
- (offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Jew (“a Jewish person”)
Etymology 2
Phrase
jew
- Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
- Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.
- How jew do that? ("How'd you do that?")
Anagrams
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
jew
- or
- 2020 October 16, “Il-WHO: “Il-mediċina remdisivir bi ftit jew l-ebda effett fuq il-kura mill-Covid-19””, in iNews Malta[3], archived from the original on 2020-11-01:
- Il-mediċina remdisivir għandha ftit jew l-ebda effett fuq iċ-ċansijiet li pazjenti jfiqu mill-Covid-19. Dan jirriżulta minn studju ppubblikat mill-Organizzazzjoni Dinjija għas-Saħħa.
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- else
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