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See also: Nish
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German nichts (“nothing”) or possibly Yiddish נישט (nisht, “no, not”). Originally borrowed from Polari.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nish
- (UK, slang) nothing.
- 1998 March 4, Janie Lawrence, quoting Ian Dury, “The Dury's Out”, in The Independent[1]:
- If you like the director you do it for nish, so Marcus Thompson got us all to do it for nothing.
- 2017, Dreda Say Mitchell, Blood Mother: Flesh and Blood Trilogy Book Two, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- I've got nish to say to you. You can save your breath.
- 2017 September 20, BBC Backstage Music Pass[2], Liam Gallagher (actor):
- These fucking little smart arses download fucking tunes for nish.
Anagrams[edit]
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish indossa (cognate with Irish anois, Scottish Gaelic a-nis).
Adverb[edit]
nish
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “indossa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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