Definitions
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- noun derogatory Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job.
- noun informal A young child, usually male.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Clintons had given him his start in national politics when he was just a pisher Yiddish for “an irritating squirt”.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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"The End of Nuclear Diplomacy" screamed the headline of Monday's Global View column authored by neocon pisher Brent Stephens who goes on and on about how the Obama's Administration's pursuit of diplomacy in dealing with Iran's nuclear crisis was strengthening Tehran's hands.
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The Clintons had given him his start in national politics when he was just a pisher Yiddish for “an irritating squirt”.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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The Clintons had given him his start in national politics when he was just a pisher Yiddish for “an irritating squirt”.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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| Reply | Permalink oh, was that supposed to upset me? please go on, pisher.
Howard Dean Is Fine With Senate's Lieberman Decision, Suggests It Was What Obama Wanted 2009
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Yes, that was me, a Jewish pisher from the New Jersey suburbs, in a leather armchair, sipping sherry and chatting with a WASP assistant dean about Plato in an oak-paneled lounge like no other room I'd ever been in.
'Underground' 2009
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Even Herod's walls -- I mean Great Herod's, never mind his pisher son -- even those.
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Sarah Silverman: Why did that acid-tongued pisher with a guitar pick have to ruin it for the rest of us?
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Rich unmandated attorneys talking BS about the "little guy" -- ain't that a pisher.
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Watch out for Perry, a harmless little pisher, but an expensive one; stay away from Chuck Hunt, the chronovore; don't go near Conway, the bigger thief; and especially watch out for Maizlish, the destroyer.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
madmouth commented on the word pisher
squirt, snotnosed kid (lit. 'pisser').
May 4, 2009
phoebe commented on the word pisher
Often used with pride and affection when describing one's grandchild: "Just imagine that little pisher winning against all those older kids."
May 5, 2010