ish ka bibble
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Why should I worry?; I don't care.
Example Sentences
- "Guess they thought we would crawfish, But there was never a word or a quibble ; When they offered us freights, among others, We said "Let 'em come, ish-ka-bibble.""
- "Surveying your individual reasons, Nature remarks "Ish ka bibble" in a bored tone and goes on to run the square and the level over the job."
- ""Guess I'll do some diving from the raft today," I said, pointedly, to Sonny. "Ish ka bibble," Sonny said."
Etymology
Supposedly a borrowing from Yiddish, with disputed origins. One theory is that it is a corruption of the German nicht gefiedelt ("not flustered"). Another possibility is that it comes from German ich kaan bedibbert ("I am abashed"). Possibly a fake Yiddishism.