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- baleboste. A good homemaker, a woman who’s in charge of her home and will make sure you remember it.
- bissel. Or bisl – a little bit.
- bubbe. Or bobe. It means Grandmother, and bobeshi is the more affectionate form. Bubele is a similarly affectionate word, though it isn’t in Yiddish dictionaries.
- bupkes. Not a word for polite company. Bubkes or bobkes may be related to the Polish word for “beans”, but it really means “goat droppings” or “horse droppings.”
Alfredo, Alfredo: Directed by Pietro Germi. With Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Saro Urzì. Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Pietro Germi
- 1973-12-17
Amusing Attempt by Hoffman - Alfredo, Alfredo. arthur_tafero 23 August 2021. Alfredo, Alfredo is to Italian comedy such as Lina Wertmuller films, as Class AA baseball is to the major leagues. Hoffman, a very good dramatic actor, always plays the nebbish in comedies.
Feb 3, 2012 · The nebbish is the bumbling caricature of a Jewish male, embodied by figures like Woody Allen and George Costanza. Where did he come from? A couple—shlumpy, but clearly urban—are seated at a ...
Jan 21, 2015 · A Guest Post by Jenny Caplan: “On Nebbishes – Part I”. by Menachem Feuer. A nebbish, a schlemiel, and a schnorrer walk into a bar. The schnorrer makes a bee line for the free pretzels while the schlemiel makes his way through the crowd to an empty table, obliviously knocking over chairs and stepping on people’s jackets as he does so.
This essay uses an exploration of the history of the nebbish, one of Yiddish literature’s most enduring comic stock characters, to discuss how and why this stereotype has evolved, and even been reclaimed, in contemporary popular culture.
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