Example sentences for: nebbish

How can you use “nebbish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I don't know where the -sh sound arose in nebbish , but in all eastern European dialects of Yiddish the word is nebbikh or nebbakh , with a velar fricative sound that is rendered as -sh by speakers who find that easier to pronounce.

  • More easily, one can imagine nebbishes banding together to promote a nebbish agenda, kvetching that they are systematically discriminated against, demanding Nebbish Studies at universities, and complaining that history textbooks treat them as losers.

  • Nebbish," Franklin Foer presents a few alternative explanations for the origin of the word "nerd."

  • Italian has poverino . The fact that nebbish made it into English owes much to Jewish Borscht Belt comedians becoming '50s TV stars.

  • There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.


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