kikeface

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noun

A term of abuse directed at a person perceived to be Jewish.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounkikeface (plural kikefaces)

plural kikefaces

  1. derogatoryoffensiveslangsluruncommonA term of abuse directed at a person perceived to be Jewish.

    'Hey Jew! Dirty Kikeface! Go to your own country!'

    2006, Peter Showler, Refugee Sandwich - Stories of Exile and Asylum
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    I was not able to do as much there because I was a Jew. You wouldn't like it if someone would call you kikeface.

    1991, Joanne E. Bernstein, Michael J. Bernstein, Dmitry: A Young Soviet Immigrant, page 54

    The new convert reacts according to his new status: "Get out of here, kikeface!

    1994, M.E. Sharpe, Incorporated (publisher), Russian Studies in Literature - Volume 30, Issues 3-4, page 74

    I think I kept it short and to the point, kikeface.

    2003 February 15, Terry Mosher, “Belgium stands up for Justice( WAS: Re: Israel scorns 'anti-semit”, in alt.journalism (Usenet)

    A BRAVE JEWISH VOICE IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA Yevgenia Albats was called ‘kikeface’ as a kid in the Soviet Union and went on to become an intrepid reporter in Moscow. Visiting the U.S. recently, she spoke with Tablet about the state of Russian politics and what it’s like for Jews there today.

    2020 January 20, 999Vulcan, “The Russian “street””, in alt.russian.z1 (Usenet)

    [M]any of the other kikefaces I posted (Nebe, Ley, Rosenberg) had persistent rumors of judaic ancestry swirling around them and most were hated by Himmler for that reason

    2024 September 11, Anonymous ID:oI9zx1L0, /pol/ - Politically Incorrect (4chan), via 4plebs, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2025

Origin

From kike + face. First use appears c. 1981.

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APA

kikeface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kikeface

MLA

“kikeface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kikeface. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kikeface,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kikeface.

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