Yid
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An offensive word for a Jewish person that some people use to take the word back
- noun
- /jɪd/
- Slur
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[insulto antisemita para una persona judía]
- As for the Yid, his claim that he is above every religion is false.
Examples
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"A Yid," answered the old man.
Academic text (1999) -
How comes a Yid knows an Irish song?
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"We ought to leave the Yid here with 'em, too."
Fiction book (1992) -
You too, Costello, come on, over with your Yid friends.
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So you're the Yid who only makes music on a cash register?
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Without it, you'd be just another yid.
Blog text (20) -
"A Yid," answered the wanderer.
Academic text (1999) -
Especially for us Yids.
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- It’s the Yids.
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Many people in the neighborhood refer to themselves proudly as Yids during community events.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yid comes from Yiddish, where it simply meant 'Jew', the same idea as the English word 'Jew'. Some Jewish people use Yid to describe themselves, but in English the word is often seen as offensive, so it should be used with great care.