"Uncle Shmuel" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Blend of Uncle Sam + Shmuel (a Jewish variant of the male given name Samuel), implying that the US government is dominated or manipulated by Jewish interests. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Uncle Sam|Shmuel<pos:a Jewish variant of the male given name <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Samuel</i>>}} Blend of Uncle Sam + Shmuel (a Jewish variant of the male given name Samuel) Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Uncle Shmuel}} Uncle Shmuel
  1. (slang, humorous, offensive, derogatory) Uncle Sam. Tags: derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-Uncle_Shmuel-en-name-JpkXPqbX Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1999 March 29, David Balaban, “Bombing for Peace...?”, in soc.culture.russian (Usenet):",
          "text": "Vietnam Vets of my acquaintance first taught me that harsh fact, in particular Louis Beam, who flew two tours for Uncle Shmuel in Indochina, hanging out the door of a medivac helicopter with a .50 machine gun, for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He then returned home and gave speeches excoriating Henry Kissinger for selling Vietnam vets out.",
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          "ref": "2001 November 27, john, “News For White Folks-ONLY!!!”, in va.politics (Usenet):",
          "text": "Cutting daisies for Delilah... Let the hebes do their own dirty work, for once. Send the wheelchair whinnier Krauthammer \"over there\" and see what his Jew-boosting bilge sells for. Somalia, Sudan and Yemen are said to be next on the Jews' list for \"American\" destruction. Uncle Shmuel calling anybody a terrorist is like being called crazy by Chuck Manson. Let Shmuel cut his own daisies...",
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          "ref": "2003 June 26, Captain America ex-warhol, “is not a pretty thing. Never has, Never will be.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):",
          "text": "The Iraqis have had over 10 years of UN-Sanctions and UN-Inspectors sniffing out their country in the name of Uncle Shmuel/Sam.",
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          "ref": "2014 May/June, “Uncle Shmuel Needs You”, in The Barnes Review, volume 20, number 3, Washington, D.C.: TBR Co., →ISSN, page 54:",
          "text": "The website image at right, used for fundraising by the \"non-profit\" Jewish Telegraphic Agency, (JTA) showing Uncle Sam in a yarmulke with a star of David, really needs no commentary.",
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          "ref": "2022 August 3, Bill Totten, “Nancy braves the Chinese dragon and wins”, in BillTottenWeblog (Usenet):",
          "text": "In sum, the woke-soaking narcissists who run the USA can celebrate how they showed \"them Chinese commies\" who is boss. Just like they did with Russia between 1991 and 2021. And then, when the Russians decided to act, Uncle Shmuel was caught totally off-guard and clueless as to how to deal with this sudden and direct threat.",
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          "ref": "1999 March 29, David Balaban, “Bombing for Peace...?”, in soc.culture.russian (Usenet):",
          "text": "Vietnam Vets of my acquaintance first taught me that harsh fact, in particular Louis Beam, who flew two tours for Uncle Shmuel in Indochina, hanging out the door of a medivac helicopter with a .50 machine gun, for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He then returned home and gave speeches excoriating Henry Kissinger for selling Vietnam vets out.",
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