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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Origins: what do these words or pharase mean?

1 gypped

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2 jew you down

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3 mulatto

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4 lame

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5 putz

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6 hick

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7 evil eye

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8 iron maiden

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9 indian giver

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10 paddy wagon

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11 Russian roulette

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12 Chinese Fire Drill

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13 Hag

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chinese home run/ harlem home run

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14 jay walking

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15 bury the hatchet

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Top answer

com /. I will tell you, however, that "jew you down, " is extremely offensive. Gypped, Indian giver, and Chinese Fire Drill and Chinese home run are also offensive.

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I'm sure you cqn find all of these phrases at http://www.urbandictionary.com/. I will tell you, however, that "jew you down, " is extremely offensive. Gypped, Indian giver, and Chinese Fire Drill and Chinese home run are also offensive. ("Gypped" is common enough that probably many people use it without realizing that

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