youpin

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See also: yóupǐn

French

Etymology

Earlier yaoudi; from Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, Jew) +‎ -pin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ju.pɛ̃/
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Noun

youpin m (plural youpins, feminine youpine)

  1. (vulgar slang, racially offensive, ethnic slur) kike, yid
    • 1919, Marcel Proust, À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs:
      Quand je lui dis ce premier jour qu’il s’appelait Bloch, elle s’écria : « Je l’aurais parié que c’était un youpin. C’est bien leur genre de faire les punaises. »
      When I told her on that first day that his name was Bloch, she shouted, "I should've guessed he was a kike. That's just like them to stir up trouble."
    • 1934, Roger Monclin, Les Damnés de la Guerre:
      Un témoin oculaire affirma au père que, quand Nahon fut là, dans cet état, étendu devant lui, le capitaine Vidart lui administra une volée de coups de cravache en criant : « Sale juif, race infecte ! Si tu crèves, ça fera un youpin de moins ! »
      An eyewitness confirmed to the priest that, when Nahon was there, in that state, spread out in front of him, Captain Vidart whipped him several times while shouting, "Filthy Jew, vile race! If you die, that'll be one less kike!"

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