004 Definition Of Kike, kyke, keighk, kighk
Definition Of Kike, kyke, keighk, kighk
(republished from 2005)
By Jewish Mayhem
Have you ever been called a kike? I have been once or twice while growing up in downtown Toronto, Canada, believe it or not, and do you know what? On those occasions I replied to the bullies that “I honestly didnt’ know what the word meant and so calling me a kike didn’t bother me in the slightest, but what was more pathetic was that he/ the bully, didn’t know either.” However the first thing that I did when I ran home was ask my father what a kike was, which started a shitstorm of a drama, of course, as you can imagine. He never did explain to me what the word meant and it wasn’t until later on in life that I opened a dictionary and actually found out.
So what the fuck is a kike, and where did this word come from?
The dictionaries defines it as
kike (kaIk) slang. Also kyke.
1. n. An offensive name for a Jew.
2. adj. Something Jewish in origin or ownership (also kikey).
3. n. A grasping, dishonest if also shrewd person (irrespective of race).
The etymology of kike dates back to the late 19th century. According to Leo Rosten’s The Joys of Yiddish, “The word kike was born on Ellis Island, when Jewish immigrants who were illiterate (or could not use Roman-English letters), when asked to sign the entry-forms with the customary ‘X,’ refused — and instead made a circle. The Yiddish word for ‘circle’ is kikel (pronounced KY – kel), and for ‘little circle,’ kikeleh. Before long the immigration inspectors were calling anyone who signed with an ‘O’ instead of an ‘X’ a kikel or kikeleh or kikee or, finally and succinctly, kike.”