Was this a racial slur? if so, then who were they talking about?

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I'm visiting my wife's family here in New York City. Yesterday, while my wife and I were having lunch with some old friends of hers, someone made a remark about the "yoms". I am a 30 year old white male from central Florida and I have never heard of anyone called a "yom". Afterwards I asked my wife and she said to not be so disgusting. I gather that it is normal to use this slur up here. Can anyone tell me what a "yom" refers to? Is it a normal slur?

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago

    poms from Yorkshire

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    • wistfulmaiden
      9 years ago

      whats a pommie?
      I always though it was a Pomeranian dog.

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      • Ellenna
        9 years ago

        Pommy or pom is a derogatory Australian term for English people

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        • wistfulmaiden
          9 years ago

          ah thank you.
          pssht that seems kind of self-loathing since most of them came from England anyway, right?

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          • Ellenna
            9 years ago

            I never thought of that! Of course you're right, most white Australians had English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish background - like most I'm a mixture of all those plus some Australian Aboriginal.

            That's changed a lot over my lifetime (I'm 68) and I do remember some English migrants in particular were known as "whingeing Poms" because they were enticed out here on false pretences about housing, working conditions and so on. In my experience only the English complained, the others, esp the Scots, were more inclined to shut up and get on with it.

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  • anti-hero
    9 years ago

    Short for moulinyam which is Italian for eggplant. What Italians call blacks.

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    • wistfulmaiden
      9 years ago

      seriously?
      Cause theres lots of blacks and Jews in NY.

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      • anti-hero
        9 years ago

        Yes. lot of Italians too.

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        • wistfulmaiden
          9 years ago

          Im sorry but that is funny as hell :D

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
      9 years ago

      eggplant?

      nom nom nom yom yom yom

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  • Shrunk
    9 years ago

    Never heard of it either but if I had to guess I would say Jews..? Need more context...

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    • wistfulmaiden
      9 years ago

      I would assume it refers to Jewsih Yom Kippur? But, its Haunnukah right now...
      I was at a meeting where a man nonchalantly asked an Asian woman " so, what are you, like a Jap or something?"
      Lol he had no clue that was an offensive term...the looks in the room were priceless.

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      • Shrunk
        9 years ago

        Yeah, I actually thought yom as short for "yarmulke" (which I've heard pronounced like "yom-ika") the hat they wear. I've heard Jews called bagels as sort of a joke but still a slur, lol.

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    I agree with the others that it could be something Jewish related. Florida is associated with having a lot of Jewish retirees.

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