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Newsletter email address Get it By signing up, you agree to the terms. The OED said the reference to Tottenham reflected the evidence that the club was associated with the Jewish community and that the term was used as a "self-designation" by some fans. It said the entry for "yiddo" was marked as "offensive and derogatory" and it would ensure the context was made clear in both definitions.
The CST said the dictionary bore a "special responsibility to ensure that anti-Semitic or otherwise offensive terms are clearly marked as such". Simon Johnson, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, which represents many British Jewish community groups, said: "This is a term of abuse with malicious anti-Semitic overtones.
Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said the word was "not controversial among many of the Jewish Spurs supporters , such as myself, who are proud to be Yiddos". But rival fans also asked on social media if the definition meant it was acceptable for other teams to use the word or whether it was no longer considered racist. Spurs said in their statement that they "have never accommodated the use of the Y-word on any club channels or in club stores". The word has inoffensive origins within the Jewish community, but it took on a new meaning in the s -- especially in the UK -- when it was used as a derogatory term for a Jew or a person of Jewish origin.
A north London-based club, Tottenham is known for having a large number of Jewish supporters and Spurs fans, both Jewish and non-Jewish, have adopted the words "Yid," "Yiddo" and "Yid Army" as a proud self-identifiers in an attempt to nullify the derogatory meaning. Some see fans' use of the term as a "reclamation" of the word and its meaning. The club, however, has distanced itself from the term and does not support use of the term owing to its historically racist connotation.
Read More. In no other other area of life would this, or any other racial insult, be deemed acceptable. If meant to be offensive, it can be cause for criminal prosecution. And some people use the Spurs fans' Jewish association as an excuse for genuine anti-semitism.
An audible minority of West Ham fans referenced Nazi gas chambers in chants last year and Spurs fans have been subjected to attacks from far-right groups on trips to Europe.
Again, many fans who suffered in the attack in Lyon would not have been Jewish but they are likely to have sung the "yid" chants during such trips. At this point, a few Tottenham fans might even have questioned whether it was worth using the term so proudly if it will lead to them coming to physical harm. But their chants, and the controversy with them, have continued to the point where prime minister David Cameron had his say on the issue this week.
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