Etymology

pisher

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Today it means: Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job. Full definition →

Yiddish פּישער
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּישער“pisser”
  2. English todaypisher

From Yiddish פּישער (pisher, “pisser”), from פּישן (pishn, “to urinate”).

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