Spread laughter and positive energy with wordplay! Dictomancy - Everyday Wordplay is a Wednesday blog series that features rare, bizarre, and absurd words and their meanings. Work one of these words into your day and spark some laughter and curiosity!
Nebby - adj Also nebby-nosed [neb n 1b] chiefly PA Cf neb-nose, nibby adj Snoopy, inquisitive. 1928 [see neb v]. 1930 Shoemaker 1300 Words 42 cPA Mts (as of c1900) Nebby--Curious, inquisitive. 1968--70 DARE (Qu. GG36a. The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs: “She’s an awful neb-nose.” Nebshit n Cf nibshit 1968 DARE (Qu. GG36a, The kind of person who is always poking into other people’s affairs.
“Get out of here, nebby. We’re talking.”
“That nebby-nosed witch from down the street is peeking out her window again.”
“The Neb-Nose reindeer would be the nosiest of them all.”
“Play this game: switch the word nebshit for any movie character’s first or last name and see how terribly nosy that character would become.”
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Works Cited
Cassidy, Frederic G. Chief Editor. Dictionary Of American Regional English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Print