Re: Self-Use of Ethnic Insults (was: Re: Ebonic Christmas )

BP Jonsson wrote:

> BTW it occurred to me today that the fact that _Schikse_ means 'whore' in
> German slang
This reflects a cynical (and male-chauvinist) Jewish saying:
"Shikses are for *practice*."

> Or am I wrong that the Hebrew etymon of the
> word (dang! where *is* that German etymological dictionary?) was originally
> value-neutral,
It certainly can be.  The less frequent masc. equivalent "shaygets" is
fairly neutral when applied to Gentiles, very derogatory when applied to Jews.
If "shikse" is not neutral, it is because "woman" is not neutral.

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