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kike
[kahyk] 
–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
| a person of Jewish religion or descent. |
Origin:
1900–05; of obscure orig.; the popular belief that it derives from a Yiddish word for “circle” is dubious
1900–05; of obscure orig.; the popular belief that it derives from a Yiddish word for “circle” is dubious
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| kike (kīk) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Jew. [Origin unknown.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Kike
Kike\, v. i. [Cf. D. kijken, Sw. kika.] To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Kike
Kike\, v. t. & i. To kick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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kike
derogatory slang for "Jew," 1904, perhaps originating among Ger.-American Jews in reference to newcomers from Eastern Europe, whose names ended in -ki or -ky. 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. Ellis Island immigration inspectors began calling such people kikels, and the term shortened as it passed into general use.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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