My dad used to say something was silly or ridiculous by calling it bubkis and I always misheard it as "pup kiss"

@vahnj my dad grew up in a neighbourhood with a bunch of Jewish families and uses a bunch of Yiddish slang to this day!

@Kit haha we had a lot of Yiddish friends growing up so that makes more sense now. What does it mean?

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@vahnj it means an insignificant amount, or nothing at all

"I gave you tons of help!"
"you gave me bupkis!"

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