yokn.

Brit.

/jɒk/, U.S.

/jɑk/

Forms: 1900s– yock, 1900s– yog, 1900s– yok.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.It has been suggested that this word is back slang for goy n., with devoicing of the final consonant, but evidence to support this suggestion is lacking. Knowledge of this suggestion may have given rise to the form yog. An alternative interpretation, suggesting a connection with yock v. and (later) yock n. (in a vaudeville context) cannot be substantiated either.

slang (chiefly British).

In Jewish usage: (originally) a fool; (later spec., a mildly pejorative term for) a non-Jew, a gentile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > gentile > [noun]

gentilea1382

goy1826

goyah1849

non-Jew1864

yok1921

1921 A. Yezierska in Cent. Mag. May 67/2 She stands there like a yok with her eyes in the air!

1934 J. Franklyn This Gutter Life xxiii. 197 They regard me just as what they call ‘a decent yock’.

1969 R. Esser Hot Potato 34 My God, this could all be a Nasser plot. And you let this yok into our Intelligence camp!

1981 R. Samuel East End Underworld vii. 76 There were five Jewish boys in the gang—I was the only ‘Yok’.

2001 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. 12 Calling..his colleague a ‘fat Scot’, and non-Jews in the office as ‘Yoks’, Yiddish slang for gentiles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yok
释义	yokn. Brit. /jɒk/, U.S. /jɑk/ Forms: 1900s– yock, 1900s– yog, 1900s– yok. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.It has been suggested that this word is back slang for goy n., with devoicing of the final consonant, but evidence to support this suggestion is lacking. Knowledge of this suggestion may have given rise to the form yog. An alternative interpretation, suggesting a connection with yock v. and (later) yock n. (in a vaudeville context) cannot be substantiated either. slang (chiefly British). In Jewish usage: (originally) a fool; (later spec., a mildly pejorative term for) a non-Jew, a gentile. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > gentile > [noun] gentilea1382 goy1826 goyah1849 non-Jew1864 yok1921 1921 A. Yezierska in Cent. Mag. May 67/2 She stands there like a yok with her eyes in the air! 1934 J. Franklyn This Gutter Life xxiii. 197 They regard me just as what they call ‘a decent yock’. 1969 R. Esser Hot Potato 34 My God, this could all be a Nasser plot. And you let this yok into our Intelligence camp! 1981 R. Samuel East End Underworld vii. 76 There were five Jewish boys in the gang—I was the only ‘Yok’. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. 12 Calling..his colleague a ‘fat Scot’, and non-Jews in the office as ‘Yoks’, Yiddish slang for gentiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1921
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