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hymie

[ US /ˈhaɪmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew

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  • Little Caesar and Scarface were based on the life of Al Capone, and The Public Enemy told a fictionalized account of the life of Hymie Weiss, the leader of a major Jewish gang of the 1920s. A Renegade History of the United States
  • Where are Hymie Town Jackson and Tawanna Sharpton when we need their voice of wisdom? Matthew Yglesias » Heilemann & Halperin’s Race Stuff
  • He referred to Palestians as “Ahmads”, a pejorative equivalent to calling a Jew a “Hymie.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Journalist’s Privilege, Candlestick Maker’s Privilege, “a Curious Unreality,” and Piling Pelion Upon Ossa
  • I even called Hymie's appearance, although Patrick Walburton's cock-sure portrayal of the robot struck me as more than a little off-base. Archive 2009-06-01
  • Every Tuesday I meet my mother at Hymie's on the Main Line for lunch, but today she shows up at my front door just as I'm off to work, the skin under her eyes swollen from a face leaking tears all night. Ambush
  • Hymie," he said, "I'm sorry I got to disturb that nice pile you made of them garments. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures
  • The wingnuts shriek "ACORN" the way half-mad street-corner radicals used to rail against "Rockefeller," or the way anti-Semites invoke "Goldberg" or "Hymie" -- but that's understandable, because it keeps the subject simple and the Antichrist obvious, which is the way angry right-wingers like their politics. No More Mister Nice Blog
  • For instance, the word "Hymie," which Canadian former talk show host Dini Petty used on the air to describe cheapskate husbands, derives from a derogatory term for Jews. Ontario Blogs Feed
  • Jackson, of course, gained infamy in 1984 for referring to Jews as 'Hymie' and New York as 'Hymietown.' Mel Gibson vs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
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