J-Dub

J-Dub
 n.β€” Β«The SY’s, as the community members call themselves (pronounced β€œess-why”—it’s a shorthand for β€œSyrian”)…came to derisively refer to the Ashkenazim as β€œJ-Dubs,” a play on the first and third letters of the English word β€œJew.”» β€”β€œThe Sy Empire” by Zev Chafets New York Times Oct. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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