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Examples
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And today his grandson with the goyishe last name is a professional Jew.
Dear Jon Stewart, Don’t Go Changin’ « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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I tried to explain this to my mother, that this is a goyishe [non-Jewish] recipe.
Sara Nelson Efron: Weaving Women's Words: Seattle Stories 2010
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Though it would please me to think marrying outside my ethnic group has afforded my spawn a clearer shot at intellectual greatness, any mad 'brainiac' DNA my children might possess more likely arrives via their crazy, drunken, Mensa-smart goyishe grandfather than from their closest Ashkenazi kin.
Michele Somerville: Many Are 'Chosen People' -- And a Few Even Know What It Means 2010
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Today, while I'm still not a fan of endless C-major holiday songs (often written by Jews) and mega-goyishe blinking lights, I have learned to make my peace with Chrismas - ironically, because of the same "paganism" that I once used to decry.
Jay Michaelson: How A Nice Jewish Boy Learned To Like Christmas ... Because Of Paganism 2010
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Today, while I'm still not a fan of endless C-major holiday songs (often written by Jews) and mega-goyishe blinking lights, I have learned to make my peace with Chrismas - ironically, because of the same "paganism" that I once used to decry.
How A Nice Jewish Boy Learned To Like Christmas ... Because Of Paganism 2010
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Today, while I'm still not a fan of endless C-major holiday songs (often written by Jews) and mega-goyishe blinking lights, I have learned to make my peace with Chrismas - ironically, because of the same "paganism" that I once used to decry.
Jay Michaelson: How A Nice Jewish Boy Learned To Like Christmas ... Because Of Paganism 2009
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I agree that when you use it AS AN ADJECTIVE, as in “goyische kop,” the adjectival form is likely pejorative, as when my mom refers to tattoos as “goyishe crap”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » General White Attitudes Towards Intermarriage with Blacks: 2009
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Neil reassures his Aunt Gladys that the Patimkins are “real Jews,” even though they live in goyishe Short Hills.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The fact that I have already used the words goyishe and kinder, which I never use - those are my parents 'and grandparents' words - gives you an inkling of the level of confusion.
Karen Stabiner: The Philip Roth Reader: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been 2009
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Technically, we lived in the Jewish ghetto of Skokie, but we lived in a street that paid taxes and sent the kids to school in goyishe Evanston.
Karen Stabiner: The Philip Roth Reader: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been 2009
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