halfsie

Definitions

One whose membership in a group is only through one parent or through a partial commitment.

Examples

“When she was eighteen, she went on a United Synagogue Youth Tour (one hundred and twenty all-Jewish high schoolers and one halfsie).”

“Julie says: I am an atheist, although among family and friends I call⟳ myself a "halfsie."”

“A halfsie herself, Sarah has "always been primarily attracted to Jewish men" and felt that JDate would help⟳ her narrow down her options.”

“The fact that it does not matter⟳ that Julio is a "halfsie" becomes a moot point⟳ when we begin⟳ to realize⟳ that a strict biological and national essentialism cannot operate⟳ in a cultural context that is based on the more open⟳ social epistemologies that are set⟳ in place⟳ in Spansih Harlem.”

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