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pisher U.S. slang.|ˈpɪʃə(r)|
[a. Yiddish pisher pisser, f. G. pissen: see piss v.]
A bed-wetter; also in extended uses (see quots.). Also attrib. or as adj.
1942in Amer. Speech (1943) XVIII. 46 Call me pisher. 1943Ibid., The phrase ‘to call someone pisher’ connotes mild, tolerant, ineffectual reproof or disproportionately lax punishment. A typical context might be something like this: ‘So what did they do to Flynn for putting public employees to work on his Mahopac estate and using government property? They called him pisher!’ 1958B. Malamud Magic Barrel 87 He bought..this pisher grocery in a dead neighbourhood where he didn't have a chance. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 289 Literally, a pisher is one who urinates; but that is a far cry from present and popular usage. ‘He's a mere pisher,’ means ‘He's very young,’ or ‘He's still wet behind the ears.’.. ‘He's just a pisher,’ means ‘He's a nobody,’ has no influence. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish i. 61 ‘She still has two pishers at home’ is a common colloquialism that makes its point: she has two offspring still in diapers, or two preschoolers. 1972J. Caine Hamlet, My Boy xi. 161 First, they didn't wait to call you pisher; they just filled you up with bullet-holes like a matzo. 1978E. Tidyman Table Stakes ii. vii. 312 Then the marriage. Now that was really smart! Who could call him pisher now, with the Jewish princess on his arm? 1978R. Doliner On Edge (1979) v. 83 ‘I was a kid... A pisher.’ ‘Pisher,’ the Vice-President said. ‘One who wets one's pants.’ 1979B. Malamud Dubin's Lives ix. 359, I lived on cases involving small finaglers and found myself engaged in pisher dishonesties. |