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msc (224 words)
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msc's Words, by msc
word set 12, by palooka
slavonicisms, by rolig
logos's list, by logos
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As Wordnet notes, this word came into English via Yiddish, but it has Slavic roots (as the suffix -nik suggests). I suspect it comes from the Russian adjective нудный (nudnyj), which means "tiresome, annoying" and is related to the verb нудить (nudit'), which means "to force, oblige" (a nudnik being someone who forces himself on you).