Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Jewish-American girl or woman regarded as being pampered or overindulged.

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  • initialism Jewish American Prince/Princess
  • initialism Jewish Australian Princess

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[J(ewish) A(merican) P(rincess).]

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Examples

  • More like, why do we focus on this in particular, why is there no male equivalent, what is this stereotype actually about, why is the word JAP still an acceptable term?

    Can we please not revive that ugly stereotype? | Jewschool 2007

  • The Beck article is a really great introduction to why the word JAP is so complex and fraught, so thanks.

    Can we please not revive that ugly stereotype? | Jewschool 2007

  • Gone are the days where being a JAP is a bad thing – today Jewish American Princesses are proud.

    Israel Plotting “Jersey Shore” Spinoff 2010

  • The issue of so-called JAP-baiting on campus was also brought to the attention of a broad public through the pages of Lilith.

    Lilith Magazine. 2009

  • The two programmers wanted to guard against a problem that arose in 2003 when users of another open-source anonymizer system -- called JAP, for Java Anonymous Proxy -- discovered that its German developers had placed a backdoor in the system to record traffic to one server.

    Tor Torches Online Tracking 2005

  • Dingeldine said the developers of another online anonymity project, called JAP , were forced by the German government to insert a backdoor into the program and were barred from revealing it.

    Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes Ann Harrison 2004

  • Gone are the days where being a JAP is a bad thing - today Jewish American Princesses are proud.

    Pop Crunch 2010

  • EB … um yea "JAP" is a condecsending term esp. when colie actually isn't is one. she wishes that she bought her clothes retail and might pretend that she does but of us all East Brunswick girls know we can find colie at loehmanns, tj. maxx, target or marshalls anyday … and there is def. nothing wrong with those stores. just quit pretending colie you'll never be the

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local new years eve san francisco 2010 2009

  • This can be done using services like www. anonymouse.org or software like 'JAP' (anon. inf.tu-dresden.de).

    RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News 2009

  • - I liked the OP [ "JAP" by Abingdon Boys School].

    Anime Preview: Spring 2009 First Impressions – Batch 1 « Undercover 2009

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