MidnightVoice
February 10th, 2004, 12:29:47 PM
nudnik (NOOD-nik) noun
A boring pest.
[From Yiddish nudyen (to bore), from Polish nudzic + -nik (suffix denoting a person associated with a particular quality, group, etc.]
“(John) Kerry’s freefall is so pronounced ... that even Dana Milbank, the Washington Post nudnik who specializes in needling President Bush on the most picayune details, has tossed Kerry overboard.” Russ Smith; Kerry’s Last Stand; New York Press; Dec 9, 2003.
“Alfred E. Neuman, the magazine’s red-haired, freckle-faced, dentally challenged mascot, is famous for saying, ‘What, me worry?’ Alfred, the nudnik who has campaigned for U.S. president since 1956, should be worried.”
Tom Hawthorn; ‘What, me advertise?’: Mad Magazine Has a Legacy of Tweaking the Establishment; Vancouver Sun (Canada); Apr 17, 2001.
A boring pest.
[From Yiddish nudyen (to bore), from Polish nudzic + -nik (suffix denoting a person associated with a particular quality, group, etc.]
“(John) Kerry’s freefall is so pronounced ... that even Dana Milbank, the Washington Post nudnik who specializes in needling President Bush on the most picayune details, has tossed Kerry overboard.” Russ Smith; Kerry’s Last Stand; New York Press; Dec 9, 2003.
“Alfred E. Neuman, the magazine’s red-haired, freckle-faced, dentally challenged mascot, is famous for saying, ‘What, me worry?’ Alfred, the nudnik who has campaigned for U.S. president since 1956, should be worried.”
Tom Hawthorn; ‘What, me advertise?’: Mad Magazine Has a Legacy of Tweaking the Establishment; Vancouver Sun (Canada); Apr 17, 2001.