Sanas (etymology) of Four Racist terms

[Daniel Cassidy]

SANAS OF RACIST TERMS


Spic: Spioc: a firebrand. A person of irate, excitable,  impulsive ways.
Guinea: Gine: a procreator; someone who has a lot of  children.

Kike:  Ciabho/g : (pron. kih-og; "bh" = "h"  here) a forelock, a side lock;
someone with a forelock or sidelock.
Sheeney: Sionai/: Zionist.

Daniel Cassidy
The Irish Studies Program
New College of California
San Francisco
12/30.04