nickidewbear's definitions

Andrulewicz

Slavic and especially-Ashkenazic Jewish surname. Variant of "Anderson" or "Andrews".

In 1906, a Buzhanka, Zvenigorodka, Kiev (now Buzhanka, Cherkas'ka Oblast)-based Jew named Vilgelm Andrulevich (Wilgelm Andrulewicz) voted in the Duma elections. His voting record for 1906 appears on JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com.

by Nickidewbear August 15, 2011

Badass Jew

Self-explanatory.

If you still don't get what "Badass Jew" means, though, think about The Bear Jew or real-life badass Jews such as Doctor Ruth (a Holocaust survivor and a Haganah member).

by Nickidewbear July 23, 2017

Spanish Inquisition

An awful time in Jewish and general history, the Spanish Inquisition was commenced by Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain. Jews were systematically and specifically persecuted, forced either to convert to Roman Catholicism or be killed by the monarchy.

The Spanish Inquisition may have affected Christopher Columbus to be quiet about his own Jewish heritage.

by Nickidewbear November 25, 2011

Shiske

Misspelling of "shikse".

That shikse said that she was called a shiske. She ain't all there.

by Nickidewbear July 9, 2011

nature bath

When one gets caught out in a rainstorm and ends up drenched—often due to a foolish action, such as being drunk or high.

Steve: What’s he doing?
Eve: He’s face down, taking a bath.
Steve: He what?
Eve: He’s taking a nature bath.
Steve: Where is he?!
Eve: Out on the corner at Park and Fifth.
Steve: He’s going to catch pneumonia. *facepalm*

by Nickidewbear December 4, 2020

Mohammedan

Both the correct and a supposedly-archaic term for "Muslim", "Mohammedan" simply means "follower of Mohammed", since one can be a "Muslim" (submitter) or in "Islam" (submission) to anyone to anything.

Therefore, since one can be a "Muslim" (submitter) or in "Islam" (submission) to anything, the term "Mohammedan" would more correctly apply to "Muslims".

by Nickidewbear January 9, 2013

Shoah

The Hebrew word for "Holocaust", "Sho'ah" means "Destruction". Contrary to flippant myth, "sho'ah" ("שואה") is never thrown around lightly.

Because of the Nazis' intent on committing ethnocide against the Jewish people, "sho'ah" has come to refer exclusively to the Holocaust ("HaShoah" meaning "The Destruction").

by Nickidewbear March 6, 2014