goy
Yiddish for outsider
Goy is a Yiddish and Hebrew word for a non-Jewish person, plural goyim or goys.
Among Jews, the term ranges from neutral to mildly dismissive depending on tone and context: The goyim don't understand why we can't eat that.
The adjective goyish describes things characteristic of non-Jewish culture: Skiing is so goyish.
Non-Jews sometimes adopt the term self-deprecatingly.
Of non-Hebrew peoples
Of non-Hebrew peoples
- paganNon-mainstream religion follower
- heathenIrreligious nonbeliever
- idolaterWorshiper of false gods
- polytheistMultiple-deity believer
nations · uncircumcised · unclean · profane · other · stranger · foreigner
gentile
Of non-Hebrew peoples
gentile
Of non-Hebrew peoples
polytheist · nations · uncircumcised · unclean · profane · other · stranger · foreigner
outsider
One excluded from group
them · other · different · separate · distinction · boundary · in-group · out-group · us-and-them
Yiddish
Ashkenazi Jewish language
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
- menschPerson of noble character
- schmaltzPoultry fat or sentimentality
shtick · kvetch · schmooze · nosh · maven · klutz · schlemiel · nebbish · landsman
- Yiddishchutzpah, kvetch, mensch, schlep, tchotchke
- Jewish comedyBorscht Belt, Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Larry David
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- JewishTorah, Shabbat, kosher, rabbi, synagogue
- Hebrew Wordsshalom, amen, hallelujah, chai, Adonai
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever