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
  • Situations like this are certainly a nuisance, but the quickest way to cause animosity with your neighbors is to come between them and their sleep.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While many consider the mammal a nuisance for raiding garbage cans and damaging property, raccoons can also carry diseases, and they probably shouldn't be kept as housepets.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Employees, guests and residents were forced to hastily evacuate as a wildfire bore down.
    Ryan Heinsius, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Uber was born out of correcting a daily annoyance, which scaled a $203 billion company.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Denise – scrappy, sarcastic, and clever – at first was hostile towards Steven, but that passionate annoyance later evolved into teasing, affectionate companionship.
    Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Marco Rubio, one arm flung over the back of his chair, made no attempt to disguise a yawn.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And if your first response is to yawn, who can blame you?
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s quite a tease, not to mention a lot of pressure to put on her 12th release.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Living together in the Fear House, a group of strangers face OMG stunts, challenges, and a twisted game of social strategy, Banijay teases.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Nudnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nudnik. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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