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heebish

heebish adjective: resembling or characteristic of Jews.

Adjective

heebish

  1. (US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews.
    • There was much talk at The Party Of The Year on saturday night. My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but "The shikse Goddess". She reminded us all of Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. He...1999 January 26, Jesse Staniforth, “who is jewess”, in alt.punk (Usenet)
    • And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What's echt heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.2002 March 27, Buck Turgidson, “Heebetudinous”, in alt.california (Usenet)
  2. (US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) Miserly, greedy, stingy.

Examples of heebish in a sentence

  • My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but "The shikse Goddess".1999 January 26, Jesse Staniforth, “who is jewess”, in alt.punk (Usenet):
  • Your name doesn't seem to be heebish, but your behavior definitely is.2002 December 7, Texas Ted, “AntiSemitism is a Disease”, in us.politics (Usenet):
  • Some of us are just a little more, let's say, Heebish than others.2008, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Cool Jew, The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe:

Origin of heebish

From heeb + -ish.

Questions about heebish

What does heebish mean?
Heebish means resembling or characteristic of Jews.
How do you use heebish in a sentence?
My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but "The shikse Goddess".
What part of speech is heebish?
Heebish is an adjective.

Words near heebish in the dictionary

  1. Heebie
  2. heebie jeebies
  3. heebie-jeebies
  4. heebiejeebies
  5. heebies
  6. heebish
  7. heebs
  8. heeby jeebies
  9. heeby jeebys
  10. heeby-jeebies
  11. heeby-jeebys

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