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  • "šipak" is literally "rosehip", but for some reason its colloquial meaning is 'zilch' or 'no way'; "kum" is "godfather". this phrase--"rosehips, godfather!"--means 'nothing doing' or 'nothing came out of it'. it's extremely common, at least in Bosnia.

    July 3, 2009