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Ironically (and unfortunately), the first half of Schwarzenegger's name is also a Yiddish slur that means exactly the same thing.

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In German, it (schwarz) simply means 'black', with pretty much the same negative connotation it has in English when taking about persons.

Yes, I know. The Yiddish is almost identical to the German, but has a significantly more negative connotation.

(Edit: for an inverse example, consider "dreck": in Yiddish it just means "garbage," but my understanding is that it's significantly more offensive in most Germanic languages.)

Yes, the German word in a neutral meaning means "dirt", and you can easily see how that would be offensive when used for a person.

It's mostly used for stuff that makes you angry. https://www.dreckstool.de/hitlist is a prime example.

(And you can see the effect of the home office, Microsoft Teams is new there.)

I disagree. Your meanings may be reasonable for Yinglish (Yiddish-derived English), but in Yiddish both the words shvartser and neger are neutral nouns. In addition drek is quite negative, meaning filth or shit.

This actually gives that term used as the spoof-equivalent of "The Force" from the movie Spaceballs a surprising double meaning. Had no idea.

I'm not sure having what someone pointed out is a double entendre with a Yiddish slur is a selling point here...

It's The Schwartz, with a T. I don't know if it has a meaning or if it means the same thing as Schwarz.

https://spaceballs.fandom.com/wiki/The_Schwartz

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