Jewdar

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The supposed ability of a person to detect or intuitively sense whether another person is Jewish. slang, uncountable

    "And slap on a gag order if we dare say that these traits triggered our "Jewdar" (my Semitic equivalent of gaydar) and allowed us to identify someone as a fellow Jew."

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"And slap on a gag order if we dare say that these traits triggered our "Jewdar" (my Semitic equivalent of gaydar) and allowed us to identify someone as a fellow Jew."

Etymology

From Jew + -dar.

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