What is "nudnik"

nudnik \nud"nik\ (n[oo^]d"n[i^]k) n. [Yiddish, fr. Russ. nudnyi tiresome.] a pestiferous boring and dull person.

1947, from Yiddish, with agential suffix -nik + Polish nuda "boredom" or Russian nudnyi "tedious, boring," from Old Church Slavonic *nauda-, from PIE *neuti- "need" from root *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see need (n.)).

n. 1 A person who is very annoying; a persistent nag. 2 A bore; a boring person. 3 A pest of a person; a jerk.

n. (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest [syn: nudnick]

Nudnik was a Czechoslovak/ Czech animated film series directed by Gene Deitch, produced by William Lawrence Snyder, and distributed by Paramount Studios. The shorts were released during 1965 and 1967 with 12 shorts, and a new series was made in 1991.

On Gene Deitch's entry on the IMDb website (see External links below) there are listings of eight short animated films featuring the Nudnik character.

The shorts were featured on Cartoon Network's animated anthology series ToonHeads in 1996.

The "pilot" episode of the series Here's Nudnik, originally called Nudnik #2, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1965.