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(from a footnote in the pdf) 1. The word nudnik derives from Yiddish. It can be roughly translated to "busybody" or "nag." LION KOPPMAN & STEVE KOPPMAN, A TREA
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(from a footnote in the pdf)
1. The word nudnik derives from Yiddish. It can be roughly translated to "busybody" or "nag." LION KOPPMAN & STEVE KOPPMAN, A TREASURY OF AMERICAN-JEWISH FOLKLORE 232 (First Jason Anderson Inc. 1998) (1996) (defining a nudnik as a "pest, gossip, or busybody"); LEO ROSTEN, THE NEW JOYS OF YIDDISH 272 (Lawrence Bush ed., 2001) (defining a nudnik as "[a] pest, a nag, an annoyer, a monumental bore"). For more on terminology, see infra Section I.A.