Usage
According to different sources, some would say that the first use would have been evident in Ellis Island by all Americans as a labeling term for Jewish people, or it was used primarily by Jewish-Americans to put down Jewish immigrants. This word has even been found to be used in the United Kingdom. Regardless of who used this term in the beginning, whether used primarily by Jewish-Americans, just all Americans, or both Americans and English, this term has now become less popular in the United Kingdom, and has now become more apparent in the United States; and throughout history, this term has been used as a derogatory word to disparage Jewish people. The term is used in the animated television show South Park by Eric Cartman taunting Kyle Broflovski due to his Jewish heritage. The term has also been featured in a comic book issue of Wolverine 131, in a description of his enemy, Sabretooth. Although the issue was published, a censored version was later released
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—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
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—Kenneth G. Wilson (b. 1923)
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