yid

(yid), n.

usage: This term is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting. However, the Yiddish word from which the English word derives is not derogatory. —

off sts sl.: extr. disp. and off. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.)

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Etymology: 1885–90; < Yiddish yid Jew; cf. MHG jude, jüde