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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (164418)3/16/2003 2:14:21 PM
From: richard surckla   of 1574058
 
"No, it's just not seen as a derogatory term anymore."



Then if I were you, you being a Jew, I would contact Dictionary.com and ask them to make a correction. If I were a Jew that's exactly what I would do. Until the correction is made I believe Dictionary.com...

goy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (goi)
n. Offensive pl. goy·im (goim) or goys
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.

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[Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew. See gwy in Semitic Roots.]
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goyish adj.
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