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Word: nebbishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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...cleaned up, that the Jewish humor is sacrificed to the self-conscious contemporary convention that seldom allows so much as a smile with a racial or religious twist. Although the word is taboo, the poor exploited slob who ghosted Sammy's screenplays is still a nebbish; every now and then, Blyden's voice echoes with accurate Lower East Side accents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Still Running | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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