Shegetz

//ˈʃeɪɡəts// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gentile, a non-Jewish male. derogatory, sometimes

    "And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?"

  2. 2
    an offensive term for non-Jewish young man wordnet

Synonyms

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goygoy

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"And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?"

Etymology

From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”).

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