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[BurgherHoldtheLies]

The word for the day is...."Nebby."

It's a word we have in "Pittsburghese".

Definition: Nosy, snoopy, inquisitive. Used as an adjective or noun. Another noun form is "nebnose."

Origin: In British English, the 'neb' is the nose or snout of an animal.

Source: The Oxford English Dictionary.

Slang (course): Neb-shit


The Republican party is the neb-shit party. Control freaks with power who can't and won't mind their own damn business.

[JVS]

1. Neb-shit is rare indeed. Nebnose is the more common term

[Dulcinea]

6. Not so rare!

My dad's family used it all the time!

[undergroundpanther]

2. Bullies

Nebbybullies
Sociopathic busybodies


Sick assholes.

[spuddonna]

3. Neb-shit is right...

I grew up in the 'burgh and the first time I told my hubby to stop being a neb-shit (he was reading over my shoulder while I was on computer) he looked at me like I had two heads...

Now he just laughs when I panic before guests come over cuz I hafta "redd up"! :)

NSA=Neb-Shit A-holes Exactly right...

Oh yeah... GO STEELERS!!!!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

9. Good story.

I never realized that nebby (neb-shit) was just a Pittsburgh thing until I was in my 20's.

And these modern day Republicans are the most obnoxious neb-shits to ever walk the planet.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Interesting homonym from Yiddish for the DLC: nebbish

From Merriam-Webster Online:

Main Entry: neb·bish
Pronunciation: 'ne-bish
Function: noun
Etymology: Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, from Czech nebohý
: a timid, meek, or ineffectual person
- neb·bishy /-bi-shE/ adjective

[MercutioATC]

5. You Pennsylvanians sure like to make up words, don't you?

"Youns"

"Jagger bushes"

and now "Nebby"...

;)

:hi:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

7. There's an entire web site devoted to it...

http://www.pittsburghese.com/

:hi:

[MercutioATC]

8. That's funny!

I work with a couple from Pittsburgh so I've heard a few of these, but that site is comprehensive!

:)

[spuddonna]

10. Is jagger bush not a real term?

LOL I'm an idiot...

Really? People don't call them jagger bushes?!

No wonder my inlaws stare at me sometimes... :)