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  • proper noun A male given name found in the Jewish demographic

Etymologies

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Hebrew זאב ("wolf")

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Examples

  • Um, I can guarantee you, do it again Zev, have your ... have your Jewish friends over, and do your ... do your fucked up chant and I'm going to have you arrested.

    Boing Boing: April 17, 2005 - April 23, 2005 Archives 2005

  • In an April 28, 2011 letter to LA's Department of Building and Safety DBS, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky writes that he supported LA's adoption of its new Baseline Hillside Ordinance because it promised to apply a principle the County of Los Angeles adopted in the unincorporated portion of the Santa Monica Mountains: 'let the land dictate the type and intensity of its use.'

    John Mirisch: Saving Franklin Canyon: Zoning In on a Solution John Mirisch 2011

  • American Greetings Corp. reported a 37% earnings dip from greeting-card distribution costs on Thursday, though wrapping paper had "been a positive for us," said Zev Weiss , American Greetings' chief executive.

    Wrapping Up: Paper Makers See Rebound Timothy W. Martin 2011

  • Zev and I have been trying to sit down with Brett for a few months now.

    Ramon Nuez: CEO of Sonar, Brett Martin, Speaks about the Social Landscape Ramon Nuez 2011

  • I didn't see Zev and Justin, and Kisha and Jen when I was coming back.

    Amazing Race's Jet and Cord: It Would've Been "Really Cool" If Someone Told Us the Answer 2011

  • In an April 28, 2011 letter to LA's Department of Building and Safety DBS, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky writes that he supported LA's adoption of its new Baseline Hillside Ordinance because it promised to apply a principle the County of Los Angeles adopted in the unincorporated portion of the Santa Monica Mountains: 'let the land dictate the type and intensity of its use.'

    John Mirisch: Saving Franklin Canyon: Zoning In on a Solution John Mirisch 2011

  • I went up in a 120-year-old red oak at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx a couple of weeks ago, with the help of two of its climber/pruners, Corey Link and Zev Reuter.

    Natural High William L. Hamilton 2011

  • Though they failed to finish the Ferris wheel, er, meal Detour in Austria last week, Zev and Justin gamely take on another eating Detour in Switzerland: downing a pot of fondue.

    Top Moments: Office's Fond Farewell, Vampire Diaries Shockers and a Cheesy Race 2011

  • Can underdogs Zev and Justin, who've placed first a surprising number of times, make it to the finish line ahead of the Globetrotters, sisters Kisha and Jen, and father-daughter Gary and Mallory?

    Matt's Weekend Picks: May 6-8 2011

  • Between the belching, the giggle-fests, Zev's puns ("I'm not very fondue of this fondue"), Justin's feeble threats ("I'm going to kill you for this, you know that, right?") and balcony vomiting, we have these brave cheese-eating souls (and eventual leg winners) to thank for ending our love affair with cheese (for now anyway).

    Top Moments: Office's Fond Farewell, Vampire Diaries Shockers and a Cheesy Race 2011

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