variants also nudnick
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as in bore
someone or something boring nobody wants to hang around with that nudnik—all he wants to do is talk shop

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Recent Examples of nudnik The Word Mavens, are the authors of a new book, The Whole Spiel: Funny essays about digital nudniks, seder selfies and chicken soup memories. Connect with them at www.thewordmavens.com. Philly.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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Noun
  • The cat must be happy in their environment to thrive, so animal coordinators on movie sets must ensure that studio temperature, cast and crew interactions, and the moving of objects aren't a nuisance to the cat.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Muscle cramps can be a nuisance, but there are ways to relieve the pain and discomfort.
    Laura Schober, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This bore during our testing—the bone-in options were moister all the way through after cooking.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Since 2016, officials studied and selected single bore, receiving federal environmental clearance.
    Dan Phan, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The annoyance is really the side effect or collateral damage to a presumably reasonable activity.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The week’s biggest stories (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) A look at Kamala Harris’ roots in California Living on the same block as Harris is a delight and an annoyance, her Brentwood neighbors say.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • When the full range of approaches to the symphony is considered, an ever more drastic divide yawns.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That meant a lot of teeth for a character who sings, screams, and yawns over the course of the classic film.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, those hints of a so-bad-it’s-good guilty pleasure are a fleeting tease in an action thriller that spills plenty of blood but never raises the temperature or ignites the excitement.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • These are just a tease of everything coming to Agents of Sabotage.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Nudnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nudnik. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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