Very true. It was common while I was growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s to hear some say “He jew’d me out of it!” No one I knew of had any idea it had anything thing to do with the Jewish people. We thought it was slang for gypped. We didn’t even know any Jewish people outside of the Bible.
Now that there is funny.
"Gypped" is of course equally an ethnic slur, on the Gypsies.
For some reason it's a good deal more common than "jew down" and widely considered less offensive.
My boss once, in a training session, casually used the term "Jewish lightning" to refer to arson.
Unfortunately for him, there were a couple of Jewish guys in the group we were training, and they went straight to the CEO of the company with their complaints. LOL
Now that there is funny.
"Gypped" is of course equally an ethnic slur, on the Gypsies.
For some reason it's a good deal more common than "jew down" and widely considered less offensive.
My boss once, in a training session, casually used the term "Jewish lightning" to refer to arson.
Unfortunately for him, there were a couple of Jewish guys in the group we were training, and they went straight to the CEO of the company with their complaints. LOL