Those goniffs at the insurance company wanted to charge me an ADDITIONAL $275 every six months, because I got a job delivering pizzas.
by cristobal October 17, 2003
Get the goniff mug.A deplorable term typically directed towards the Jewish community to imply that they are sneaky liars. This term is insanely offensive because it weaponized the Hebrew language.
"Yeah, man, did you hear those good-for-nothing goniff's run hollywood?"
"No, that's a very harmful stereotype!"
"No, that's a very harmful stereotype!"
by oxfordactivist November 21, 2024
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(Hebrew & Yiddish: ganev, meaning thief)
(Hebrew & Yiddish: ganev, meaning thief)
by bluegrassfan February 1, 2005
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Get the goiffman mug.A Hebrew/Yiddish word, often used (and spelled various ways) in English; particularly used in southern California. There is no exact English equivalent word; `operator' is maybe the closest. A gonif operates on the shadowy borders of illegality and/or impropriety, and gets away with it, and is not quite an outright crook. The word seems to combine proper moral disapproval with sneaking admiration. Reference: 'The Joys of Yiddish,' by Leo Rosten.
Seymour was an accomplished and clever gonif. He could con birds out of trees, and could figure out how to game any bureaucratic system within a few minutes.
by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003
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