Comments on: Big in J.A.P.an https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html Inspiration by the Bucket Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sara K. Eisen https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html/comment-page-1#comment-171 Sara K. Eisen Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:37:34 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=421#comment-171 Mel - Forgot that some people - like you lot Down Under - may never have run across this one! JAP is an old acronym for "Jewish American Princess" - which, until fairly recently, was kind of an ugly thing to call someone. It was associated with lots of negative (and largely false) stereotypes, including laziness, demandingness, frigidity, materialism, etc. In recent years, however, as attitudes have shifted and awarenesses expanded, use of the term has lost its venom, which is now merely kind of self-effacing / teasing, and has much more to do with being urban / Western / perhaps a bit pampered than any of the other connotations. Mel –
Forgot that some people – like you lot Down Under – may never have run across this one!
JAP is an old acronym for “Jewish American Princess” – which, until fairly recently, was kind of an ugly thing to call someone. It was associated with lots of negative (and largely false) stereotypes, including laziness, demandingness, frigidity, materialism, etc. In recent years, however, as attitudes have shifted and awarenesses expanded, use of the term has lost its venom, which is now merely kind of self-effacing / teasing, and has much more to do with being urban / Western / perhaps a bit pampered than any of the other connotations.

]]> By: Melinda | SuperWAHM https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html/comment-page-1#comment-170 Melinda | SuperWAHM Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:31:29 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=421#comment-170 What's a J.A.P.? Sounds like an interesting book. What’s a J.A.P.?

Sounds like an interesting book.

]]> By: Stephanie Houser https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html/comment-page-1#comment-169 Stephanie Houser Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:58:50 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=421#comment-169 Thanks for a great write up. I can relate having dropped everything to travel - to sail around the world with my husband only to get hit by lightning and stuck on an island a few months in. I wasn't the only Jew there, though, and found out online that there was a pot luck for Rosh Hashana. We ended up meeting several Jews from all over the world right there in Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos islands, which made our adventure seem a little more "normal." Thanks for a great write up. I can relate having dropped everything to travel – to sail around the world with my husband only to get hit by lightning and stuck on an island a few months in. I wasn’t the only Jew there, though, and found out online that there was a pot luck for Rosh Hashana. We ended up meeting several Jews from all over the world right there in Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos islands, which made our adventure seem a little more “normal.”

]]> By: Elizabeth Ewing https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html/comment-page-1#comment-168 Elizabeth Ewing Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:24:23 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=421#comment-168 Thanks, Manny and Brenda. Enjoyed reading Lisa's take on moving to another country. I suspect we will be hearing more from her. You go girl! Thanks, Manny and Brenda. Enjoyed reading Lisa’s take on moving to another country. I suspect we will be hearing more from her. You go girl!

]]> By: Jewlicious » Big in J.A.P.an https://the-word-well.com/big-in-j-a-p-an.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 Jewlicious » Big in J.A.P.an Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:08:48 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=421#comment-165 [...] in J.A.P.an Written by sarke (Cross-posted at my blog) (…Tx for teaching me protocol, [...] [...] in J.A.P.an Written by sarke (Cross-posted at my blog) (…Tx for teaching me protocol, [...]

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