"goyim" is the plural form of "goy."
Goy means non-jew, but also means,
"ethno," someone who lives in the
world other than Israel. Goyim =
Ethnos, meaning "nations." Of itself,
the term is neutral, but it can be used
as a pejorative. Comment by: a non-jew
Erm, in NY and environs nosh is fairly
common for eating a snack... as in "I
could go for a nosh." It comes from
Yiddish 'nashn' and High German
'naschen'. So if you're in NY, no that
nice Jewish girl is not offering to blow
you. Just saying. Comment by: MaryRoyale
After a reading in Montreal, someone stood up and asked [Mordecai Richler] 'how come' he'd married 'a shiksa.' There was a pause--a hush as the audience registered the offence--and then Mordecai said, with chilling forbearance, 'Because I love her.'
