RICH in Texas sent me this plate...
Ummmm.... any bish? What's a bish?
How about any guesses?
How about any guesses?
Lots of layers of emotions going on in this one
4 years ago
Saturday, August 18, 2007
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6 Comments and Guesses:
The guy's either a bishop from Nebraska or a nebbish.
"any bishonen"?
from dictionary.com:
nebbish \NEB-ish\, noun:
A weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person.
You used to be a nebbish, a noodle, a fool
And now you're Mr. Big Time with your own private pool.
-- Maira Kalman, Max in Hollywood, Baby
Poor Humphrey is a nebbish, a fellow whose private passivity is intended to contrast with the dramatic historic events that sweep around him.
-- Mason Buck, review of The Red Cabbage Café, by Jonathan Treitel, New York Times, February 3, 1997
He is a nebbish who might be played effectively by Woody Allen. He attracts the sympathy of lower-echelon mammals but finds it difficult to relate to dogs and human beings.
-- Evan Hunter, "American Mayhem, Soviet Intrigue", New York Times, October 9, 1983
Nebbish is from Yiddish nebekh, "poor, unfortunate," of Slavic origin.
Why anyone would advertise themselves as such is beyond me, though!
oh wow... Erin, you take the prize for this one!
The word Nebbish was used a lot in Mad Magazine in the 60s and 70s. (Maybe in the 50s too, but that was before my time!)
Clark got to it before I could. Bish is an American slang term used by anime fans to refer to a pretty boy, or censorly calling them a bi*ch.
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