kype

[Victor Steinbok]

  Another correspondent from the Upper Midwest, suggested the "correct"
word is "kaif". I'll report any extra details if they come up.

I am not suggesting that there is any actual connection between "kype"
and "kike"--merely reporting on a local idiocy. But it would be
interesting to find out if the folk etymology is more pervasive or if
it's simply an isolated idiot.

     VS-)

On 10/23/2010 5:30 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> "Kype," of course, is already in HDAS from the early 1930s.  (Some prefer
> "kife.")  Origin, of course, unknown.
>
> Victor's is the first report of any fancied connection with "kike," which
>   AFAIK, has never been used as a synonym for "steal."
>
> JL

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