In modern Hebrew and Yiddish goy is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has been adopted into English also to mean gentile, sometimes with a pejorative sense.

Who are the goyim in the Bible?

The plural, goyim, especially with the definite article, ha-goyim, “the nations,” meant nations of the world that were not Hebrew. The Latin versions of the Bible translated goyim as gentes (singular gens) or gentiles (an adjectival form of gens).

Is Schmuck a cuss word?

In popular culture. Although schmuck is considered an obscene term in Yiddish, it has become a common American idiom for "jerk" or "idiot". It can be taken as offensive, however, by some Jews, particularly those with strong Yiddish roots.