Dylan Farrow accuses Woody Allen

[The Minsky Moment]

It's like a nudnik, but with less spilkes.

[garbon]

Nebbish means 'asshole', right?

The polar opposite.

I think you're thinking of "mensch".

Doesn't nebbish mean something akin to a nerd? 


Google sez: a person, esp. a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.

I meant opposite in that a timid person is opposite of an assholish one. Didn't mean it was positive.

[Eddie Teach]

Timid people can be assholes too, they're just more passive aggressive about it.

[garbon]

I'm not sure a truly timid person could be passive aggressive.

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe passive aggressive is the wrong word. There's always "safe" targets like pets, children, underlings, anonymous strangers online, etc. There's also small assholish things one can do without too much worry, like stiffing your waiter or shutting elevator doors on people.

[CountDeMoney]

Maybe passive aggressive is the wrong word.

We're talking Jews here.