02-06-2006, 06:12 PM
Just to learn something today I looked up the meaning of the word Jewess, and found this little tidbit of information
So if I wanted to impress a jewish babe and say that , she might kick me in the balls. I am never going to listen to you about women, because you know nothing.
Quote:Jew·ess ( P ) Pronunciation Key (js)
n. Offensive
A Jewish woman or girl.
Usage Note: Like many other English nouns in which the suffix -ess is added to a gender-neutral word to indicate femaleness, the terms Jewess and Negress are now widely regarded as offensive. It is interesting to note that the objection to words formed with the -ess suffix does not apply to words such as Latina and Chicana, whose contrasting forms Latino and Chicano are not gender-neutral but rather refer even in English primarily to males. See Usage Note at -ess. See Usage Note at Latina1.
So if I wanted to impress a jewish babe and say that , she might kick me in the balls. I am never going to listen to you about women, because you know nothing.
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