Jasp

What is Jasp?


1.

noun: (orig. New England, USA) a compound word created from the word jew and the acronym W.A.S.P.- meaning White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. It refers to a person who has a parent of each type.

This kind of union, once rare and taboo, is becoming more common, especially in greater New York and New England, where more historically separated ethno-racial groups are becoming more homogenous. The term jasp was originally coined, most likely, in New England/NY private schools and colleges, and the Ivy League.

See w.a.s.p., waspy, jew, jap, ivy league

2.

Meaning, to dig through the trash. Comes from "Jasper," the name of someone notorious for messing with trash cans.

I dropped my ring in the garbage and had to jasp for it.

See greenie


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