English

Alternative forms

• bobkes, bopkes, bubkes, bubkis, bupkas, bupkass, bupkes, bupkiss, bupkus

Noun

bupkis ‎(uncountable)

1. Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.

   We searched for hours and found bupkis.

Usage notes

• Often translated as meaning small round fecal pellets, referring to the shape of goat droppings. A colorful usage, though a more emphatic expression (in Yiddish more so than in English) is "bupkis mit kaduchas" (באָבקעס מיט קדחת ‎(bobkes mit kadokhes)), translating roughly to "shivering **** balls".

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:nothing

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