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Hy⋅mie

  [hahy-mee]
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–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a Jew.
Origin:
Hym(an) or Yiddish khaim a male personal name (< Heb ḥayyīm lit., life) + -ie
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Hy·mie   (hī'mē)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Jew.

[Probably from Hymie, nickname for Hyman.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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hymie 
"Jewish male" (derogatory), by early 1980s, apparently originally among black Americans, from common Jewish masc. proper name Hymie, a pet form of Hyman, from Heb., lit. "life" (the masc. counterpart of Eve, q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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