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- noun Alternative spelling of
bupkis .
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Examples
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I d/led it, see nothing in my new programs, start poking through the docs ... mad details for the programming crowd (which I am, but I've got plenty of side-projects, thank you) but bupkus for end-users.
Pointui Enhances The Windows Mobile Interface With Easy Fingertip Navigation | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Glenn Beck, Fox News and talk radio host, is qualified to undertake such a task by dint of knowing bupkus about actual American history.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Glenn Beck's History Lesson Michael Conniff 2010
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Already you're getting bupkus on your savings: The average money-market account is paying about 0.76% interest, and a one-year certificate of deposit just 1.2%, according to Bankrate. com.
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But the sum total of all the character development is bupkus in the end: Wikipedia calls the finale a "hallucinogenic apotheosis," while I would call it "Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" or possibly just "goofy."
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So, at the same time that we continue to get bupkus in the way of reformed trade practices, we also aren't doing anything particularly helpful for the millions of mistreated Chinese workers who try to subsist on an average monthly minimum wage of just $133 and survive in deplorable work conditions.
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Students of the Constitution have always realized that our tripartite government relies on the good will of the executive (which controls the use of violence) and the legislative (which controls the money) to do what the judiciary (which controls bupkus) says.
Dawn Teo: Sheriff Arpaio Incites Widespread Anger for implicating Judges In Alleged Conspiracy 2009
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Then we met once and both explained why we had no, zero, nada, bupkus, zip, nunca intentions of marrying because we both greatly preferred the single life.
Mickey Kaus asks "Does she know the guy?" Ann Althouse 2009
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Then we met once and both explained why we had no, zero, nada, bupkus, zip, nunca intentions of marrying because we both greatly preferred the single life.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single blogger in possession of a good vortex, must be in want of a husband." Ann Althouse 2009
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Senator Clinton did bupkus too, particularly after the effort the Clinton clan threw behind Joe in his primary effort.
Lieberman Launches Unprovoked Attack On Harry Reid On Right-Winger Bill Bennett's Show 2009
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So, with no "trial of the century" in view, (except for Chris Brown -- which I never said bupkus about) I went off on my leave.
Robin Sax: "Shades of Gray": The Real Story Behind My Resignation from the L.A. County DA's Office 2009
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