Word of the Year Dept.

bupkis

PRONUNCIATION:

(BUHP-kis) 

MEANING:

noun: Absolutely nothing; worthless.

NOTES:

The word is also spelled as bobkes, bubkes, bopkes, bupkes, bupkus, bubkis, bubkes, etc. The English equivalent of the term is beans, as in: He doesn't know beans about computers.  He had beans but now he's the Ensign. 

USAGE:

"The Ensign's bank account was bupkis." "In reviews of ALL THE WAY mentions of the CMMDR were bupkis."  "2013 was the year of the Bupkis" Hey are you Ron Silver?---Nope, sorry..I'm Dennis BupkisKaris--WHO?--Exactly.