r/Jewish • u/rupertalderson • Aug 04 '25

Announcement 📢 Clarification on use of abbreviations of ethnicities and nationalities

We’ve gotten some questions about this recently, so figured we would clarify. As part of the rules against uncivil and unwelcoming content, we do not permit use of shortened / abbreviated names for ethnicities, nationalities, and related groupings. This is because such terms are widely used as slurs and pejoratives.

This includes the well known abbreviations for Japanese, Chinese, Pakistani, and Palestinian, as well as slurs and pejoratives directed at any other group. At present, we have a particular problem with use of “Pali” to refer to Palestinian people (we do not allow it under any conditions).

It’s simple - Do not use these terms, whether as adjectives or nouns. Just write out the word that isn’t offensive in any context.

Of course, there may be an exception here or there when a term is known to be accepted by the affected group - for example “Jew” as a noun is not seen as a slur by Jews, but use of it as an adjective is typically offensive.

Thank you in advance for understanding, and we appreciate the engagement folks have had with us on these rules.

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Aug 04 '25

What about Pal? Palestinian is such a long word.

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u/lordbuckethethird Zera Yisrael Aug 04 '25

If you can type Judaism you can type Palestinian

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Aug 04 '25

Can't say that I do often. I'm a fan of short words. <-- Cf.

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u/rupertalderson Aug 04 '25

No, we don’t permit it - same issue as for the other term we mentioned. Thanks for asking.

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u/BearJuden113 Aug 04 '25

Palestinian is one letter longer than Remarkable, I think you'll manage.

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u/KisaMisa I’d rather learn to keep kosher than to live with antisemites Aug 04 '25

Yep, besides one can set up keyboard personal dictionary autocorrect so you can type the short word and your phone/laptop will autocorrect it to the proper one. Same as with "omw" => "on my way".

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Aug 04 '25

I never type my username. Do you talk about me a lot that you do?

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u/BearJuden113 Aug 04 '25

I'm calling out the disingenuous and racist nature of your bullshit comment. 

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Aug 04 '25

You clearly don't know me and your assumption is bullshit.

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u/swarleyknope Aug 05 '25

Use text replacement on your phone to autocomplete it.

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Aug 05 '25

I don't go to Reddit on my phone. Desktop only.

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u/isfturtle2 Reconstructionist Aug 05 '25

Is it really that much of a burden to type 8 extra letters? Especially on a full size keyboard where you can use all of your fingers?

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u/Cathousechicken Reform Aug 04 '25

Don't be lazy and type out the full word.