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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Nebbuch, Nebbish (was: Yiddish definitions)
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In article <1995Oct16.194844.1@hujicc>, backon@vms.huji.ac.il wrote:
>In article <45q8s7$1ma@mckinley.cit.macalstr.edu>, jmansfield@macalstr.edu 
(Justin Mansfield) writes:
>> In article <45mttd$s6s@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, taibi@ix.netcom.com (Solomon 
Taibi ) writes:
>>>My impression was:
>>>
>>>Nebbuch or nebbish (noun) -- Ne'er-do-well
>>>
>>>Nebbuch (interjection) -- What a pity!
>>>
>>>Does anyone out there have an actual etymology?
>> 	I heard that the etymology is unknown, but the word is thought to be
>> derived from "Nebuchadnezzar"
>> 
>>>--
>>>S. Taibi
>
>
>NEBBECH, you're wrong :-)
>
>It comes from the Czech  *neboky*.

And what's that supposed to mean?
(asks a native Czech speaker)

Paul JK

>Josh
>backon@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
>
