bupkus

Popularized by sports fans for the phonetic similiarity to Hall of Fame American Football player, Dick Butkus, bupkus is a Yiddish word literally translated as "nothing".

The Pittsburgh Stealers are awarded touchdowns without actually needing to make it into the endzone, Seattle goes home with bupkus.

by grb April 8, 2006

bupkiss

it means "nothing". zip, zilch, zero.

me: "i've got a pair of aces, what do you have?"
you: "i've got bupkiss (nothing, or a 5 of clubs and a deuce of diamonds, etc.)"

by ert August 23, 2004

bupkes

Yiddish for "beans", or figuratively "nothing, nada, zilch". Can also be an offer so low as to be an insult, and as Leo Rosten noted in his classic "The Joy of Yiddish," "bupkes" is a howl of outrage often heard in the cutthroat world of show business.

"I should have got at least ten bucks but i got BUPKES!!"

by hollypop June 21, 2003

bupkis

Nothing, zero, zilch.

I put a lot of hard work into this project, and all I got was bupkis.

by tradesman May 7, 2003

bupkis

Literally, in Yiddish it means "beans". However, beans was a term used to describe goat droppings, as goat shit looks like beans.

So bupkis or bupkes is a common slang for, 'of no value". That is what the slang means. The reason for that is above. It does not literally mean "goat shit". It means "beans".

I worked my ass off on this project and got exactly bupkis for my troubles.

by linguistication January 1, 2016

Dick Butkus

The greatest defensive player in NFL history. Butkus played linebacker for the Chicago Bears and won the Heisman trophy when he was in college. Probably his greatest accomplishment came when he was voted the greatest defensive player of the 20th century.

Dick Butkus favorite hobby..............
HITTING!!!!!!

by Snick and Fsquirrel June 11, 2006

bunkus

bunkus, noun, adjective,
naught, bunkum, bogus, false, nonsensical, without logic or reason

from modern English, bunkum, bogus

...his words amounted to bunkus
...he reasoned with bunkus logic

by Kerry Wallace March 30, 2006