Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a Jew.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Jew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang or Colloq. A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative capitalization of
Yid - noun ethnic slur 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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But many Tottenham supporters have said they use the term "yid army" themselves as a "badge of honour" and are not offended by it.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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David Baddiel, the comedian, has launched a campaign to stamp out use of the word "yid" in football chants which mock Jewish and Tottenham supporters.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The first time I ever heard the word "yid" I was at school.
The Guardian World News Anna Kessel 2011
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I recently read one Chelsea fan's tale of watching his fellow supporters get arrested for chanting "yid" - and receive three year bans from attending matches - while over in the away end Tottenham fans chanted the same word without consequence.
The Guardian World News Anna Kessel 2011
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Evelyn Gordon explains that shver tzu zein a yid is the only possible explanation for the betrayal that European Jews handed Israel when they signed on to J Call's call for blaming Israel for the conflict in this part of the world.
Israel Matzav 2010
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This was a time when it was not professionally advisable to advertise your ethnic background on campus, when being an objective scientist meant burying the "yid" inside.
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This was a time when it was not professionally advisable to advertise your ethnic background on campus, when being an objective scientist meant burying the "yid" inside.
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This was a time when it was not professionally advisable to advertise your ethnic background on campus, when being an objective scientist meant burying the "yid" inside.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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This was a time when it was not professionally advisable to advertise your ethnic background on campus, when being an objective scientist meant burying the "yid" inside.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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This was a time when it was not professionally advisable to advertise your ethnic background on campus, when being an objective scientist meant burying the "yid" inside.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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