nebbish

neb*bish

noun
/ 'nebiSH/

1. one who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations and in taking responsibility

2. (slang, mildly pejorative) A loser

Who doesn't know someone befitting this description? A jelly fish with no backbone, imagine if The Little Mermaid was written with Barbra Streisand in mind? What if Ursula had sung "Poor Unfortunate Souls" as a yente? For really, what Disney movie wouldn't be better if it was in Yiddish?

"Poor Unfortunate Nebbishes" doesn't quite have the same musicality, true...but what if it did?

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I admit that in the past I've been a schmuck

They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a shikse

But you'll find that nowadays

I've mended all my ways

Repented, seen the light, and made a switch

To This

And I fortunately know a little magic

It's a shtick that I always have possessed

And dear lady, please don't get verklempt

I use it on behalf

Of the miserable, the lonely, and depressed (shlemiel)

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Poor unfortunate Nebbishes

Oy vey, in need

This one longing to be thinner

That one wants to get the girl

And do I help them?

Oy gevalt!

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Perhaps this is not kosher for a goy like me to post...but I bet it made you smile. See how much fun we can have with words? And while I usually recommend words only for building people up, should you find means to use this word...imagine the glee you will obtain knowing they have to google what nebbish means.