heebish

English

Etymology

From heeb +‎ -ish.

Adjective

heebish

1. (slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews.
   • 1999 January 26, Jesse Staniforth, “who is jewess”, in alt.punk‎^[1] (Usenet):

     There was much talk at The Party Of The Year on saturday night. My rather heebish friend Scott was bonkers over a girl whose name I dare not mention, save that he was rather drunk and refused to refer to her as anything but "The shikse Goddess". She reminded us all of Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. He was beside himself.

   • 2002 March 27, Buck Turgidson, “Heebetudinous”, in alt.california‎^[2] (Usenet):

     And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What's echt heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.

   • 2002 December 7, Texas Ted, “AntiSemitism is a Disease”, in us.politics‎^[3] (Usenet):

     What threats son? Do you even know the definition of the word "threat" or is that head of yours filled with fermented pigshit? Your name doesn't seem to be heebish, but your behavior definitely is.

   • 2008, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Cool Jew, The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe:

     Some of us are just a little more, let's say, Heebish than others.

2. (slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Miserly, greedy, stingy.

See also

• kikeish