Joo
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Joo (plural Joos)
- A surname from Korean.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Joo is the 10324th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3121 individuals. Joo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Joo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255.
Etymology 2
Noun
- (usually derogatory) Deliberate misspelling of Jew.
- 2006 April 7, Defendario, “Appeal For Palestine”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
- FOAD you dirty joo. The fiction is that you jooz have a right to squat in PALESTINE.
- 2007 December 30, Jasper PNL Mfrg LLCC, “Why be Jewish?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
- why do you Joos attempt to turn every discussion to their opponents' sexuality ? is it because yours is so repressed ?
- 2009 November 6, [email protected], “Re: One Man Jihad at Fort Hood?”, in misc.legal (Usenet):
- The media's narrative of this of course is the awful white man with the innocent noble peaceful joo.
- 2023 February 21, jdyoung, “Jewish Corruption in Ukraine”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):
- I think "D.Ray/JohnN/loosecannon" sees Joos everywhere. Look out, Iben, they're under your bed!