tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post1609389735448026150..comments2023-07-05T03:01:15.377-07:00Comments on the orginal License to Rant - no longer updated: NEBISHKjaerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05030415975302088566noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-87787093534023063432007-09-21T15:14:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:14:00.000-07:00Clark got to it before I could. Bish is an Americ...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.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037917254095218660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-81542007964712913072007-08-21T11:44:00.000-07:002007-08-21T11:44:00.000-07:00The word Nebbish was used a lot in Mad Magazine in...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!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-91294447704346349262007-08-20T09:56:00.000-07:002007-08-20T09:56:00.000-07:00oh wow... Erin, you take the prize for this one!oh wow... Erin, you take the prize for this one!Kjaerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030415975302088566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-23821787727544179882007-08-20T09:42:00.000-07:002007-08-20T09:42:00.000-07:00from dictionary.com:nebbish \NEB-ish\, noun:A weak...from dictionary.com:<BR/><BR/>nebbish \NEB-ish\, noun:<BR/>A weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person.<BR/><BR/>You used to be a nebbish, a noodle, a fool<BR/>And now you're Mr. Big Time with your own private pool.<BR/>-- Maira Kalman, Max in Hollywood, Baby<BR/><BR/>Poor Humphrey is a nebbish, a fellow whose private passivity is intended to contrast with the dramatic historic events that sweep around him.<BR/>-- Mason Buck, review of The Red Cabbage Café, by Jonathan Treitel, New York Times, February 3, 1997<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/>-- Evan Hunter, "American Mayhem, Soviet Intrigue", New York Times, October 9, 1983<BR/><BR/>Nebbish is from Yiddish nebekh, "poor, unfortunate," of Slavic origin.<BR/><BR/>Why anyone would advertise themselves as such is beyond me, though!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102524397278597786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-20377640292373328842007-08-19T12:32:00.000-07:002007-08-19T12:32:00.000-07:00"any bishonen"?"any <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishonen" REL="nofollow">bishonen</A>"?Clark Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711123335435359613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991458754158386746.post-25314049436362453652007-08-18T11:26:00.000-07:002007-08-18T11:26:00.000-07:00The guy's either a bishop from Nebraska or a nebbi...The guy's either a bishop from Nebraska or a nebbish.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18365355509420961754noreply@blogger.com