A nebbish is an ineffectual person, someone timid, submissive, weak, helpless or hapless, a nonentity. He's unlucky, but mainly because he’s a loser right through to the core.
It’s an adjective formed from one of the most characteristic of Yiddish words. It was originally "nebech". In Yiddish it was originally an interjection, roughly meaning “You poor thing!”. Americans had trouble saying this word when it first appeared in the English language at the end of the nineteenth century, and they changed it to nebbish, with nebbishy as the much less common adjective.
It’s an adjective formed from one of the most characteristic of Yiddish words. It was originally "nebech". In Yiddish it was originally an interjection, roughly meaning “You poor thing!”. Americans had trouble saying this word when it first appeared in the English language at the end of the nineteenth century, and they changed it to nebbish, with nebbishy as the much less common adjective.
Sarah: "He just sits there, and every time I make a suggestion, he goes with it, but mostly because he doesn't understand what I'm saying and has no dang opinion for himself!"
Marie: "Gosh, he's so nebbish."
Marie: "Gosh, he's so nebbish."
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In StarCraft, the act of transporting tanks onto a cliff above someone's main/expansion to destroy someone's economy. Missile turrets or bunkers can also be built to prevent a counter force from retaking the cliff.
In StarCraft, the act of transporting tanks onto a cliff above someone's main/expansion to destroy someone's economy. Missile turrets or bunkers can also be built to prevent a counter force from retaking the cliff.
My resources were comming in just fine, but my opponent "Turbo Newbied" my base/expansion and I lost my Nexus and most of my probes. If I had had a shuttle I could have countered.
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