Shiksa


 
 

Shiksa is a Yiddish word that has been mixed into English usage, mostly by Jews. While the most basic definition is a pejorative for a gentile woman, it has many complexities behind it. Some would argue that a shiksa refers to a stereotypical, average, blonde girlhttp://www.shmoozenet.com/jsps/stories/0998Daria.shtml. It has been observed by many comedians and thinkers that such shiksas are often fetishized by Jewish men, and vice-versa.

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Lenny Bruce wrote a short story on the subject of shiksas.

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Yiddish: REDIRECT Yiddish language...

English: English in common usage may refer to:...

Pejorative: A word or phrase is a pejorative (occasionally misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval. The adjective pejorative is synonymous with derogatory and dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). Dyslogisms such as "pea-brain" and "bottom-feed...

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