kike
pronunciation
How to pronounce kike in British English:
UK [kaɪk]
How to pronounce kike in American English:
US [kaɪk]
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- Noun:
- offensive terms for a Jew
Word Origin
- kike (n.)
- derogatory slang for "a Jew," by 1901, American English; early evidence supports the belief that it was used at first among German-American Jews in reference to newcomers from Eastern Europe, perhaps because the names of the latter ended in -ki or -ky. There is no charity organization of any kind here [a small city in Pennsylvania] and, what is sadder to relate, the Jews in this city will not form one; that is, if the present temper of the people can be used as a criterion. The German Jews are bitterly opposed to the "Kikes," as they persist in calling the Russian Jews .... ["Report of the National Conference of Jewish Charities in the United States," Cleveland, 1912] Philip Cowen, first editor of "The American Hebrew," suggests a source in Yiddish kikel "circle." According to him, Jewish immigrants, ignorant of writing with the Latin alphabet, signed their entry forms with a circle, eschewing the "X" as a sign of Christianity. On this theory, Ellis Island immigration inspectors began calling such people kikels, and the term shortened as it passed into general use.
Example
- 1. Why 's every kike got to be a wise ass ?
- 2. You look kike you 're having a bad day .
- 3. Do you kike this colour ?
- 4. Don 't think kike a human .
- 5. Fine , but don 't give the mike to this kike .