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
  • Lorincz, who is white, hated loud noise, and called police and first responders multiple times over the years claiming the children were trespassing, bothersome, threatening, and a nuisance.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Establishing a track record of violations could potentially help the city in future civil suits brought against the Eco Motel, or any other property considered a nuisance.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Palestinian doctors said some of the roughly 120 bodies Israel has returned to Gaza bore signs of torture or execution, and most had bands on their necks, the Associated Press reported.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The anatomy bore hairs, sometimes teeth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But that conspiracy tends to manifest in the form of universal contemporary annoyances.
    Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Goldberg turned to express annoyance at producer Brian Teta rushing her along.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But historically, investors have met them with a collective yawn.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Fans also got a glimpse of the creative shift with a tease of a feud between the Wyatt Sicks and the MFT factions.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The most nahstay tease since Prince stripped to his Dirty Mind bikini.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Nudnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nudnik. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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