Jappy
Jappy adjective: japanese.
Adjective (1)
Jappy (comparative more Jappy, superlative most Jappy)
- Japanese.
- To be really Jappy...1959, Beatrice Plumb, The Master Banquet and Party Book, T. S. Denison & Company, pages 85
- When George moved to London later that year Jennie received him at her home, wearing a loose Japanese kimono instead of the conventional whale-boned corset and gown. The young, infatuated lieutenant wrote ecstatically of the 'lovely Jappy gown'.1898 (2005), George Cornwallis-West, quoted in Elizabeth Kehoe, The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters And the British Aristocratic World Into Which They Married, page 206
Adjective (2)
Jappy (not comparable)
- Materialistic and shallow in a way stereotypically associated with Jewish women.
- ... erasing the term from society's consciousness without changing Jewish women's "Jappy" behavior makes about as much sense as a campaign to eradicate lung cancer while insisting on people's right to smoke.1989, Carol Diament, Jewish Marital Status: A Hadassah Study, Jason Aronson
- Nora once described a neighbor who was a convert to Judaism . “ She converted the whole way , ” she said . “ She is as Jappy as anybody on the block.1992, Janice L. Booker, Yale Strom, The Expulsion of the Jews: Five Hundred Years of Exodus, Spi Books Trade
Examples of Jappy in a sentence
- It was then that I began associating being Jewish with being Jappy and snobbish.1995, Myrna Frommer, Harvey Frommer, Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History, Harcourt, →ISBN:
- Evelyn Torton Beck writes, "I have repeatedly heard young Jewish women admit that they would be offended to be called 'too Jewy,' but claim not to mind being called 'too Jappy.' "1995, Ellen Jaffe-Gill, Ellen Jaffe McClain, Embracing the Stranger: Intermarriage and the Future of the American Jewish Community, Basic...
Forms of Jappy
| comparative | more Jappy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Jappy |
Origin of Jappy
From Japanese or Jap (“offensive slur towards Japanese people”) + -y.
From JAP (“Jewish American princess”) + -y.
Questions about Jappy
- What does Jappy mean?
- Jappy means japanese.
- How do you use Jappy in a sentence?
- It was then that I began associating being Jewish with being Jappy and snobbish.
- What part of speech is Jappy?
- Jappy is an adjective.
Words near Jappy in the dictionary
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