Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a Jew.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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 2009
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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.
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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.
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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 2009
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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 Suzanne 2006
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"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 Montague Glass 1905
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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 Thaddeus Russell 2010
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He referred to Palestians as “Ahmads”, a pejorative equivalent to calling a Jew a “Hymie.”
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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 billy robinson 2011
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Where are Hymie Town Jackson and Tawanna Sharpton when we need their voice of wisdom?
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