Anonymous ID: e1721c May 17, 2021, 5 p.m. No.13688292   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8433 >>8444

Jewish slang:

 

yok

 

ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS

yock

 

DEFINITIONS

rowdy non-Jewish hooligan (derogatory)

 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE

"Friday night is yoks' night out"

 

LANGUAGES OF ORIGIN

Yiddish, English

 

ETYMOLOGY

Etymology unclear. Possibly from Yiddish ื™ืึธืง '(dialectal) ninny, fool', more likely from Yiddish ื’ื•ื™ "goy" said backwards (on Cockney slang-forming basis of "yob," a hooligan, from "boy") and with final devoicing. Another possibility is from the British city York, location of a massacre of Jews in 1190.

 

WHO USES THIS

Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

 

REGIONS

Great Britain, South Africa

 

NOTES

Diminutive forms also exist in British Jewish-English, namely "yeykl" (for a male) and "yeyklte" (for a female), which make use of Yiddish suffixes.