单词 | bupkis |
释义 | bupkisn. North American slang (originally in Jewish usage). Absolutely nothing, nil. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing nothingOE nota1425 nichila1513 nowhat1530 zeroa1703 nuffin1837 nuttin'1852 nada1867 bupkis1937 1937 E. L. Rice Imperial City 67 The Wall Street goyim like 'em skinny... Do you know what you'll get for dinner?.. A green pea with some bees'-knees a la bupkis hiding underneath it. 1942 A. J. Liebling Telephone Booth Indian 60 The best you can get there..is a chance to work Saturday night at a ruptured saloon for bupkis. 1974 M. Torgov Good Place to Come From 147 She comes in, I give her twenty off automatically. I'd like to see her get that discount at Eaton's. Bupkes Eaton's'll give her off. 1987 J. B. Stine Spaceballs xxi. 109 Forget the ring. The ring is bupkis. 2006 New Yorker 16 Jan. 34/1 We came up with bubkes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1937 |
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