As an American, I hadn't even thought about that word's origin. I guess it's no different than saying, "He Jew'ed him down on the price." My wife told the sto

As an American, I hadn't even thought about that word's origin. I guess it's no different than saying, "He Jew'ed him down on the price." My wife told the story of a co-worker who was raised in rural America and used "Jew" (the verb form) as a normal part of her vocabulary without ever having considered the inferred stereotypes. Another co-worker who was Jewish politely called her out, and the "Jew-er" at first had trouble even understanding why the term might be disconcerting to others. The rural woman was not an anti-Semite in the same way that I'm not anti-Roma because I occasionally use the word "gypped". I guess that I should proactively note that I'm not in favor of using the word "Jew" as a verb (or as any other part of speech in such a manner).