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[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (8 children)
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

A lot of modern slang started on right wing sections of 4Chan and is full of Jewish words intentionally used as code to make fun of them. EtymologyNerd on YouTube has talked about the right leaning origin of slang some

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the Yiddish word means someone who isn't Jewish. How is it used in those spaces?

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know exactly. The things I saw from EtymologyNerd tracked more of their movement, he might have other videos diving into their use you could go look for

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