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    lavdavka
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    artchill
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    This reminds me of what Rav Aron Sloveichik zt”l once said about this issue.

    What’s the difference between a Shaygetz and a Goy Gamur? A Shaygetz is a true non-Jew while a Goy Gamur is a frum Jew who the one calling this name disagrees with!

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    eclipse
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    If a nickname that bothers the person is ossur,kal vachomer an outright insult!

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    RuphRuph
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    Eclipse,

    The actual Issur is to give someone a name like shorty, funny face, Zalman the knucklehead and so on.

    A name that sticks to him/her is a lot worse than any particular insult. A name puts a person into a category and it stays — other people pick it up.

    What’s the Halacha regarding calling someone Joseph, though?

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    eclipse
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    I never know who’s who in the CR underground…

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    deiyezooger
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    me neither

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