Pronounced: skuh-MAN-durh, verb
Notes: A fun word to say, and a useful one to know!
Yesterday’s word
The word nudnik is “a person who is a bore; a nuisance; a pest”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1940s
Background / Comments
Or word came from Yiddish and is a combination of nud- which came from the Polish word nuda (boredom) and -nik (one connected with or characterized by being). I recognized -nik, but couldn’t define it that well. Like me, you’ve probably heard of “neatnik” and knew it was someone who was extremely neat.
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