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nebbish

[ neb-ish ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.


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  • Աb· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nebbish1

1890–95; < Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, probably < Slavic; compare Czech Աdzý poor; spelling with -sh perhaps < Western Yiddish forms of the word
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In early videos, he breaks out Travolta dance moves but finds success playing the nebbish, so sticks with that.

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But “Parade” has always been strange anyway, seeking to make commercial entertainment out of a violent history and, because he’s a victim, a hero of a nebbish.

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That said, we know that in the future, Saul will hastily exit Albuquerque when he gains infamy in “Breaking Bad” and emerge with as a nebbish named Gene Takavic, managing a Cinnabon in Omaha.

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Hyde Pierce delivers the most subdued version of his usual awkward nebbish with the occasional cantankerous quip.

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Jordan’s bumbling, nebbish assistant Stan — played by Wayne Knight, whom I knew as the guy who gets smeared by a dilophosaurus in “Jurassic Park,” another childhood favorite — was hysterically funny.

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