Allenesque

English Etymology From en Allen esque. Adjective Reminiscent of Woody Allen (born 1935), American actor, writer, director, comedian and playwright. en Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa Los Angeles Review of Books Menachem Kaiser March 3, 2013 https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/anti-non-semitism-an-investigation-of-the-shiksa/ By the 1980s, what I’ll call the Allenesque Jew/Shiksa split was entrenched: Jewish = nonathletic, brainy, neurotic, pasty, dark-haired, profoundly unhealthy parental relationship, usually from the New York area; shiksa = healthy, Waspy, carefree, blonde, supportive (if judgmental) parents, from the Midwest or from a home that might as well be in the Midwest. https://web.archive.org/web/20260217161640/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/anti-non-semitism-an-investigation-of-the-shiksa/ 17 February 2026 en eponyms