small hat

noun

A Jewish person, particularly one with a noticeable influence in the media or politics.

Meanings

nounsmall hat (plural small hats)

plural small hats

  1. InternetethnicslurA Jewish person, particularly one with a noticeable influence in the media or politics.

    The people who run disney are not white, they are small hats.

    2021 January 10, The Teacher, “Disney BANS White Male Leads From Movies..”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet)
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    A legitimate and uncorrupted American government would have long ago started asking questions and pursued investigations via the SEC, but if you look at the SEC's own data, prosecutions of white collar (small hat) crime have dropped to near zero during the Obama admin and has continued through Trump and Biden.

    2023 March 15, D. Ray, “It’s not Morning in America”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet)

    For example, one asked: ‘Why are Jews censoring free speech?’ Another said ‘Small hats, big problems’, with an image of a kippah.

    2024 March 4, Brendan O'Neill, “The tyrannical jailing of Sam Melia”, in Spiked

    Synonyms: little hat, tiny hat

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, hat.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Jewish person, particularly one with a noticeable influence in the media or politics.

Origin

From small + hat. In reference to the yarmulkes worn by Jews.

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APA

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Chicago

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