Well, Woody Allen used the term at least once, in Zelig, as a punchline. Some little old lady was giving a radio address about morals (and the threat thereto posed by the title character), ending her otherwise somewhat genteel musings with “Lynch the little hebe.”
But in casual conversation among Jews? Never heard it.
Seems to me the point of that joke is precisely that the term is offensive.
Good idea. I’m glad that “fundie” will be removed from the SDMB lexicon.
Not going to happen, but thank you for playing this round of “if you ban this word you must ban that word!” As always, there are no prizes…
So I guess consulting the dictionary isn’t very useful advice.
We’re not going to do that just because you can find an on-line reference that lists it (and I note that your reference restricts the offensive sense to Australian English). You can find on-line references that allege that “Indian” is offensive (with reference to American Indians), and we’re not going to remove that word either. In any case, “fundie” isn’t even close to the degree of offensiveness as “Hebe.”
Using dictionary.com was your idea, not mine. And to be honest, I’ve never heard of the term “Hebe”.
Do you actually find the term “fundie” deeply offensive, or are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?
Trust me. It’s got a long history of being used as a nasty slur.
Yes. I find it deeply offensive. I realize that my opinion may not be shared by the majority of this board.
I trust you.
Might be a Toronto-Jewish thing, then, because, truly, it is used around here (by the AK’s, anyway).
AK’s?
Alte kackers, I’m guessing.
When does the voting start?
Wow. That’s a new one on me. Had to look it up in the Urban Dictionary.
I’m purer than I thought.
For those not in the know, that’s Yiddish, literal translation is “old shitters.” It’s used in the sense of “old farts.”