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Hebonics

Hebonics proper noun: the Jewish dialect of English.

Proper noun

Hebonics

  1. (humorous) The Jewish dialect of English.
    • Yossi needed a drink; he was still nervous and a bit shaky after his narrow escape from the '"chood," as they liked to call it in "Hebonics."2005, Hella Winston, Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels, page 61

Origin of Hebonics

Blend of Hebrew + Ebonics.

Questions about Hebonics

What does Hebonics mean?
Hebonics means the Jewish dialect of English.
What part of speech is Hebonics?
Hebonics is a proper noun.

Words near Hebonics in the dictionary

  1. Hebners
  2. heboid
  3. heboidophrenia
  4. hebon
  5. hebona
  6. Hebonics
  7. hebophile
  8. hebophiles
  9. hebophilia
  10. hebophiliac
  11. hebophilic

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