Re: IBM Data Management Technical Conference, Las Vegas, w/c 26th October

Posted in 2003

Art S. Kagel — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:38:57 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:07:43 -0500, Rob Vorbroker wrote: <SNIP> > and so far - bumpkis - an American expression that simply put means nothing > visible has happened. Of course I could be completely wrong but he gave the <SNIP> Actually the word is 'bobkis' or 'babkis' (short 'a' or 'o') (or as close as one can render it in the latin alphabet) which is a Yiddish word. It likely comes from a diminution of the polish word for beans (bobowy?). So to get bobkis is to get beans or by connotation nothing worthwhile having received. Art S. Kagel