shvartser
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish שוואַרצער (shvartser), nominative masculine singular form of שוואַרץ (shvarts, “black”).
Noun
[edit]shvartser (plural shvartsers)
- (chiefly US, offensive, ethnic slur) Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)
- 1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, New York: Pantheon Books, pages 99-100:
- I had the whole time to watch out that this shvartser doesn't steal us the groceries from the back seat! [...] Now we can make a very happy lunch from all my new groceries, only thank god that your shvartser didn't take them.