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goy
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goy  (goi)
n. pl. goy·im (goim) or goys Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.
[Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew; see gwy in Semitic roots.]
goyish adj.
goy [gɔɪ]
n pl goyim [ˈgɔɪɪm], goys
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a Jewish word for a gentile
[from Yiddish, from Hebrew goi people]
goyish  adj
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Noun1.goy - a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
non-Jew, gentile
Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
shegetz - an offensive term for non-Jewish young man; "why does she like all those shkotzim?"


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First, he recognizes that Lenny Bruce's rigid categories of Jewish and Goyish cannot accommodate--cannot make sense of, in any substantive way--the host of complex individuals, ideas, and items that he encounters each day.
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