goyishe kop

Edit

Pronunciations

goyishe kop (GOY-ihsh-eh KUHP) listen

Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

  • n. Someone who does not think ahead; an idiot.

Example Sentences

  • "Maybe She’s No Shiksa, but It Looks Like She Has a Goyishe Kop" (source)

  • "In the morning, Hilda found Seymour wearing his tefillin and mumbling the morning prayers. 'Seymour, you don’t have to do that anymore. We’re not Jewish!' Seymour replied, 'Oy, I forgot. Nebach, such a goyishe kop.'" (source)

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • גוייִשער קאָפּ goisher kop, lit. 'non-Jewish head'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

      Alternative Spellings

      goyisha kopf, goyisher kop, goyisheh kop, goyishe kopf, goyisher kopf, goyisher kop

Notes

Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: