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Kike
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ethnic slur for a jew”. Today it says “ethnic slur directed at jews”.
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Ethnic slur directed at Jewish people This article is about the antisemitic slur. Kike ( / k aɪ k / ), also known as the K-word , is an ethnic slur directed at Jews . The etymological origin comes from the Yiddish word for circle, קײַקל ( kaykel ), itself a derivation of the Ancient Greek word κύκλος .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ethnic slur for a jew”. Today it says “ethnic slur directed at jews”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
ethnic slur for a jew
Now
ethnic slur directed at jews
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