masc. proper name; see Hymie.
"Jewish male" (derogatory), by early 1980s, apparently originally African-American vernacular, from common Jewish masc. proper name Hymie, a pet form of Hyman, from Hebrew, literally "life" (the masc. counterpart of Eve).
updated on October 10, 2017
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