nickidewbear's definitions

Hell on wheels

Figurative for a hard-driven person with a mean streak.

An infamous nun in the Seton Keough community in Baltimore County, Maryland was actually called "Hell on Wheels"-- because of her name (Sister Helen Mercedes, which was obviously to pun) and her reputation for cruelty toward students at Seton Keough High School (which was two separate schools while "Hell on Wheels" was there).

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

mixed bag

Paradoxical or contradictory. Has both good and bad aspects and/or sides, but the bad may or does outweigh the good.

Dude, he's a mixed bag. I'm not entirely sure that I'd trust him.

by Nickidewbear June 14, 2013

Novak

A Slavic and Ashkenazic Jewish surname meaning "new" (e.g., "Novy"), "Nov-ak" could also be a play on "Nov akh" or "frutiful brother" (Hebrew).

Bearers of the "Novak" surname include actress Kim Novak (who took "Novak" as her stagename), columnist and cancer victim Robert Novak, the psychotic astronaut and honorably-discharged Navy servicewoman Lisa Nowak, and Marysia "Maria" Novakova Rusnakova (1855-c. 1907) -- who was married to Jakub Rusnak (a member of the late Kosice, Slovakia Jewish Rusnaks) and was the paternal grandmother of Sgt. and Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander Carl Stephen Rusnak (January 2, 1922 - November 7, 1999; US Army, WW2, European Theater, honorably discharged after the war). By the way, Maria's relative Leopold Novak was an early victim of the Holocaust in then-Czechoslovakian Zlata Idka: he was murdered in a then-Aranydka mine in 1936.

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

WABC Radio

WABC Radio is one of New York City's oldest talk radio and news radio stations.

Talk radio hosts who have shows on WABC Radio include Michael Savage, Pat Kiernan, Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby (two of the original WABC Radio hosts), Don Imus, and Geraldo Rivera.

by Nickidewbear March 6, 2014

Pawlenty

The only Pro-Israel candidate (as seen at the Ames, Iowa GOP Debate) in the 2012 GOP Presidential Race, Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (originally pronounced "Pav-lent-y") (R-MN) may even be a Cohen (given that, according to Wargs.com, one of his great-grandmothers was born as Julia Koenig; and in some cases, "Koenig" may well be a variant of "Kohein"-- given that the German "Koenig" means "King" and koheinim (priests) were the head caste in Ancient Israel).

In stark constrast to the other GOP Candidates in Ames, Iowa; Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty not only mentioned Israel directly (as did Texas Representative Ron Paul), but (unlike Ron Paul) voiced support for Israel.

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

Froy

Yiddish equivalent to German "Frau"- "woman".

That meshugah froy has chutzpah: she's no good Jewish girl. She's a shiske corva.

by Nickidewbear July 9, 2011

nature bath

When one gets caught out in a rainstorm and ends up drenched—often due to a foolish action, such as being drunk or high.

Steve: What’s he doing?
Eve: He’s face down, taking a bath.
Steve: He what?
Eve: He’s taking a nature bath.
Steve: Where is he?!
Eve: Out on the corner at Park and Fifth.
Steve: He’s going to catch pneumonia. *facepalm*

by Nickidewbear December 4, 2020