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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread neb #127398 04/15/2004 11:33 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont a friend used "nebby" the other day, saying it meant nosy. neb showed as being Old English on OneLook, but it made me think of "nebbish", which I have thought of as Yiddish, which OneLook confirmed, though meaning a simpleton. not sure if I have a question, but seems a interesting mix. I figured someone would have something to say... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: neb #127399 04/15/2004 2:05 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I am familiar with the word "Neb", meaning "nose". To me, it has a distinctly Scottish flavour and I have also come across it in a Northern English context - but it may have come over here from northern Europe - German or Scandinavian. It appears as part of place-names here, too - sometimes in the form of "nab" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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