shiksa

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In everyday language Goyem and shiksa are regularly used.

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  • The guy's mother was an Orthodox Jew who would never have allowed her darling boy to marry a shiksa, so my friend converted and every Saturday she goes to synagogue. —  The BROTHERHOOD of the HOLY SHRO
  • The confused teacher is Dov Gold, 30-ish, Jewish, the son of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi to whom Dov does not dare admit his, the son's, deep fondness for a tall blonde shiksa "whose idea of spirituality is a really good movie" - more yet "[w] hose love I can only return in a world in which I no longer exist to my parents …"
  • Leonard gazes up and across the balcony at Michelle, who aims her shiny shiksa mystique at him while torturing the poor baby with be-your-best-friend disavowals and bipolar hissy fits that would raise a red flag for anyone but Leonard, who sees only a kindred spirit. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • Not to be outdone by some shiksa, Joe Boy Lieberman, the Democrat, er, Independent, uh, —  Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free
  • Bernhard also warned Palin to stay away from the Old Testament and referred to Palin's Christianity as "new goyish crappy shiksa funky bullshit!". —  Latest Articles
 

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  1. Yiddish shikse, feminine of shegetz, shegetz; see shegetz.
 

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