goy
/ɡɔɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mindless consumer of low-quality entertainment and products ("goyslop"); a consoomer.
name
A surname.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of goy.
Example Sentences
- "I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy."
- "Near-synonym: NPC"
- "Look at the quotes. There are people spending tens of thousands on Foodpanda monthly. Peak Goy behavior."
- "Look at the slop the average person consumes. […] I think it's trite to say that the average person is a goy with no soul, but I don't know."
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi)bor. Yiddish גוי (goy)bor. English goy Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”). The term goy does not technically refer to non-Jews, but rather to a nation per se; the Jews are said to constitute a goy. But through common usage – namely referring to "the [other non-Jewish] nations" – the word came to colloquially refer to non-Jews.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.