Editing Yid (section)

==Usage in European football==
{{further|Tottenham Hotspur F.C. supporters#Jewish association}}
A number of European clubs, such as [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[AFC Ajax#Jewish connection|Ajax]] have become associated with being Jewish.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/10/dont-blame-for-anti-semitism-in-soccer-tottenham-hotspur-spurs-ajax-amsterdam/ |title=Don't Blame Soccer's 'Jewish' Teams for Anti-Semitism |first=David S. |last=Winner |date= 10 May 2019 |work=Foreign Policy}}</ref> In the case of Tottenham Hotspur, rival fans chanted antisemitic abuse including 'Yids' against Tottenham fans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-tottenham-soccer-club-defends-fans-use-of-yid-army/ |title=UK's Tottenham soccer club defends fans' use of 'Yid Army' |work=Times of Israel |date=27 February 2019 }}</ref> In response some Jewish and non-Jewish fans of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] adopted "Yid" (or "Yiddo") as a [[nickname]] and "Yiddo, Yiddo!" as a [[battle cry]] and often identify themselves as "Yid Army". While such usage remains controversial, the majority of Tottenham fans support its use in a survey and use the word with pride,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1244371097227 |title=JPost &#124; French-language news from Israel, the Middle East & the Jewish World |publisher=Fr.jpost.com |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203182057/http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/january/spurs-and-anti-semitism |title=Spurs and Anti-Semitism |first=Leo |last=Benedictus |work=London Reviews of Books |date= 11 January 2019}}</ref> and consider the usage an act of reclaiming the word as a badge of honour, nullifying its derogatory meaning when used by rival fans.<ref name=bbc /> In a survey, more than half of Jewish fans have no objection to the use of the word by Tottenham fans, but around a quarter preferred for it not to be used.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/dictionaries-language-tottenham-hotspur-oed-y-word-definition |title=The point of dictionaries is to describe how language is used, not to police it |first=Lynne |last=Murphy |work=The Guardian |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Some Jewish Tottenham supporters consciously use it to identify the club as a bastion against racism and antisemitism. Fans of other clubs use the term as a pejorative because of the perception that many Tottenham Hotspur fans are Jewish. This following started in the early 20th century after the [[First World War]] when the club was the team of choice for large numbers of Jewish immigrants in North London and the [[East End of London]] – those in East London could easily get cheap buses and trams to Tottenham, heading north along the road later designated the A10.  East-end Jews have since mostly moved to the North and East London suburbs, [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Essex]], but support for Tottenham Hotspur continues for many Jewish families; for example, all three chairmen of Tottenham since 1984 have been Jewish businessmen with prior history of support for the club.<ref name=jc>{{cite web |url=https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/how-tottenham-became-the-jewish-football-team-1.53784 |title=Spurs and the Jews: the how, the why and the when |first1=Martin |last1=Cloake|first2= Alan|last2= Fisher|date=6 October 2016 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, comedian [[David Baddiel]] started an antisemitism campaign against the use of the word in football,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/baddiel-film-aims-to-kick-the-yword-out-of-football-2267463.html |title= Baddiel film aims to kick the Y-word out of football |first=Ian |last=Herbert|date=14 April 2011 |work=The Independent }}</ref> and debates continued in 2013 when the Football Association warned that supporters who used the word could face criminal charges.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24057423 |title=FA threat to fans over anti-Semitic term in chants |work=BBC Sport|date= 11 September 2013 }}</ref> Prime Minister [[David Cameron]], however, said that it was not anti-Semitic when Spurs fans used the word,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=Owen |title=Spurs fans should not be punished for chanting 'Yid', says David Cameron |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/17/david-cameron-yids-chants-spurs |website=The Guardian |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=The JC |title=David Cameron: Yid is not hate speech when it's Spurs |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/david-cameron-yid-is-not-hate-speech-when-it-s-spurs-1.48884 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |date=18 September 2013 |access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> while Baddiel argued that the word is derogatory.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baddiel |first1=David |title=Yes, David Cameron, 'Yid' really is a race-hate word. Here's why |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/17/david-cameron-yid-really-is-race-hate-word |website=The Guardian |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref> in 2014, the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] dropped charges against Tottenham fans for chanting the words as it considered such words as used by Tottenham fans could not legally be counted as 'threatening, abusive or insulting'.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/charges-dropped-against-tottenham-fans-facing-prosecution-for-yid-chant-9176982.html |title=Charges dropped against Tottenham fans facing prosecution for 'Yid' chant|first=Margaret |last=Davis|date=7 March 2014 |work=The Independent}}</ref>

In February 2020, The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] expanded its definition of the word 'Yid' to include a "supporter of or player for Tottenham Hotspur... Originally and frequently derogatory and offensive, though later also often as a self-designation". It also added the closely related word 'Yiddo' to its latest edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://r1oooo.blogspot.com/2020/02/oxford-dictionary-includes-tottenham-fans-yid-definition.html |title=Oxford Dictionary includes Tottenham fans in 'Yid' definition |work=inside World Soccer |date=13 February 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> The club criticised the inclusion as "misleading" as the dictionary does not "distinguish the contexts in which the term is and is not offensive",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51479810 |title=Dictionary includes Spurs fans in Yid definition |work=BBC |date=12 February 2020 }}</ref> it said: "As a club we have never accommodated the use of the Y-word on any club channels or in club stores".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Ben |title=Spurs criticise OED over expanded definition of 'yid' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/12/spurs-criticise-oed-over-expanded-definition-of-yid |website=The Guardian |date=12 February 2020 |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> The "yiddo" entry of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] has since added a note that it is sometimes used as a self-designation by Tottenham Hotspur supporters "now usually without derogatory connotations", as further clarification to its statement "Usually derogatory and offensive".<ref>{{cite web |title=Yiddo |url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/74901654 |website=Oxford English Dictionary |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] conducted a consultation and received 23,000 responses from fans about the use of the word.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The WhY Word {{!}} The Club |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/the-why-word/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}}</ref> The club conducted the second phase after a pause due to Covid-19, and in 2022, concluded, "We recognise how these members of our fanbase feel and we also believe it is time to move on from associating this term with our Club."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The WhY Word {{!}} The Club |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/the-why-word/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}}</ref>