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Complete Definition of "nebbish"

English

Etymology
Yiddish נע�ע� (nebekh).

Noun
nebbish

  1. One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.

#:Actor w:Rick Moranis|Rick Moranis often plays a nebbish.

  1. (slang, mildly pejorative, especially in NY region): A loser.

Quotations
2001, Foster Hirsh, Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen 1
:�I don't consider myself a nebbish,� Woody told interviewers early in his career, �but everyone else does.�

Category:Yiddish derivations

zh:nebbish

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