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What is the history of the K word to describe Jewish people? I can kind well not really get the.....not actually I don't get any antisemetic terms or their history.
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-30
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I want to better understand the history of offensive words, so when I run into an asshole I can openly educate them to embarass them for being a racist piece of shit.
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lath piefed.social lath@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-16
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Kosher? It's part of their dietary law.
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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
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lath wrote:
Kosher? It's part of their dietary law.

Not that one
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infinitesunrise slrpnk.net infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-01-27
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There is an entry on wikipedia dedicated to the word you're thinking of, with a decent etymology section. Long story short, it's likely that it's an anglicized slang of the Yiddish word for circle, which was how European Jews entering Ellis Island signed their entry forms.
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Steve communick.news Steve@communick.news
Joined: 2023-08-05
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Wikipedia has some info on its origins.
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Steve communick.news Steve@communick.news
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lath wrote:
Kosher? It's part of their dietary law.

That's not the K-word.
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lath piefed.social lath@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-16
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Steve wrote:
That's not the K-word.

Oh. No idea that was a thing, never heard it. Thanks
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endless_nameless lemmy.world endless_nameless@lemmy.world
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infinitesunrise wrote:
There is an entry on wikipedia dedicated to the word you're thinking of, with a decent etymology section. Long story short, it's likely that it's an anglicized slang of the Yiddish word for circle, which was how European Jews entering Ellis Island signed their entry forms.
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