English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Korean 주 (ju).
Proper noun
Joo (plural Joos)
- A surname from Korean.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Joo is the 10324th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3121 individuals. Joo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.0%) individuals.
Further reading
Etymology 2
Noun
Joo (plural Joos or Jooz)
- (usually derogatory) Deliberate misspelling of Jew.
2006 April 7, Defendario, “Appeal For Palestine”, in soc.culture.israel[1] (Usenet):FOAD you dirty joo. The fiction is that you jooz have a right to squat in PALESTINE.
2007 December 30, Jasper PNL Mfrg LLCC, “Why be Jewish?”, in soc.culture.jewish[2] (Usenet):why do you Joos attempt to turn every discussion to their opponents' sexuality ? is it because yours is so repressed ?
2009 November 6, trav...@aol.com, “Re: One Man Jihad at Fort Hood?”, in misc.legal[3] (Usenet):The media's narrative of this of course is the awful white man with the innocent noble peaceful joo.
2023 February 21, jdyoung, “Jewish Corruption in Ukraine”, in alt.politics.republicans[4] (Usenet):I think "D.Ray/JohnN/loosecannon" sees Joos everywhere. Look out, Iben, they're under your bed!
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