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- noun derogatory, ethnic slur
Jew
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Examples
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In other words, he does not strike voters of various hues as someone who might accidentally allow the derogatory term "hymie" to slip into conversation -- a slip that cast a cloud over Jackson's first run for the presidency and has continued to shroud his legacy.
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Perhaps he should give Jerry $500K for the word "hymie"?
People seem to be enjoying the new complexity to this Kramer character. Ann Althouse 2006
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Coast) may remember Jesse Jackson's use of the term "hymie" back in the 1980s ...
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I always loved the show and seeing all these characters … Max, 99, the chief, hymie … was like a blast from the past.
Sound Off: Get Smart - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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My, how memories fade. reminds me of Jesse's hymie town statement.
Okay, enough with the shoe shopping. Let's live-blog the big debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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Jesse Jackson for the 1984 "hymie town" remark, denounce the Rev.
CincyNation: Dirty David Playing Race Card Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Jesse Jackson for the 1984 "hymie town" remark, denounce the Rev.
Archive 2005-09-01 Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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People still call Jesse Jackson an anti-semite for using the term "hymie town" to describe New York.
THE NEWS BLOG 2003
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Now, if Snow had said “Shylock [Shakespeare]” or “hymie [Patrick O'Brian] “, he’d be out of a job.
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