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jeet.

Did you eat?

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/d͡ʒit//d͡ʒiʔ/
  1. Did you eat?

    US · slang
    Jeetchet?
Where this word comes from

A compressed pronunciation of the words did you (d'ya) eat.

noun/d͡ʒit//d͡ʒiʔ/
  1. A person of South Asian (especially Indian) ancestry.

    Internet · ethnic · offensive · slur
  2. An investor who is extremely risk-averse and will sell off their holdings at the slightest hint of a downturn.

    Internet · derogatory
Where this word comes from

A clipping of pajeet (“a derogatory and offensive slur for Indian people”), the second part of which is derived from Hindi जीत (jīt, “a victory, a win”). Etymology 2 sense 2 likely stems from the fact that Indian posters were perceived as promoting low circulation cryptocurrencies towards the members of 4chan's /biz/ board and immediately selling their stakes as soon as their price experienced a downturn.

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