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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg pisher PRONUNCIATION: (PISH-uhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A bedwetter. 2. A young, inexperienced person. 3. An insignificant person: a nobody. ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish pisher (pisser), from German pissen (to urinate). Earliest documented use: 1941. USAGE: Natey said, I wanted to impress you, to show you that the pisher from Cabin Three at Camp Ojibwa was now a serious player. Joseph Epstein; Onto a Good Thing; Commentary (New York); May 2013. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:00:01 +0000

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