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Nazi, nazi, NS adj., n.

from Nationalsozialist "National Socialist": the German fascist political party; a member or supporter of this party [shortened from the first two syllables of Nationalsozialist, spelled with -zi, because -tion in German is pronounced <tsi-on> while *Nati would be pronounced with a <t> sound; the -zi is not from the middle of Sozialist as some dictionaries will have one believe]. The entire name of the party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) "National Socialist German Worker's Party". See further examples under Anschluss, Gestapo, Gleichschaltung, Machtpolitik, Reich, Sturm und Drang, and Zeitgeist.

• "DO YOUR WORST, YOU NAZI DEVILS!!" Jack Kirby, Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 213, Sep. 1977, p. 1.
• "For the next twenty years [after WWI], America turned resolutely inward—reducing its army and navy, refusing to join the World Court, standing idly by as Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany built up their military machines." Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, 2006, p. 283.
• "French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin lamented the rise of a party [the Freedom Party] 'which had not dealt with its Nazi past,' while Nicole Fontaine, head of the European Parliament, said it would be 'intolerable' for a party that 'negates the fundamental principles of respect for human rights' to take power in a member state [Austria]." Andrew Purvis, "Forward into the Past", Time, Feb. 7, 2000.
• "Knowledge of man's inhumanity to man became more real as the newspapers and radio hinted at unspeakable horrors perpetrated on the Jews of Europe and the cruelties of Hitler's Nazi regime." Jane Goodall, Reason for Hope, 1999.
• "I lowered my window to tell the Nazi, I mean, guard, 'Hi, I'm Fran Drescher.'" Fran Drescher, Enter Whining, 1996, p. 161.
• "Halfway through the week Elaine was referring to her [health spa] counselor as 'the Nazi' while I was blessing mine." Fran Drescher, Enter Whining, 1996, p. 252.
• "'Nazi creep. Murderer.'" Garrison Keillor, "Norman conquest", The Book of Guys, 1993.
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Neanderthal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthaler, Neandertal n.

from Neanderthal(er), Neandertal(er) "(one from) the Neander Valley": an extinct species of man.

• "The man was stocky and dark, almost Neanderthal, dressed in a dark double-breasted suit that strained to cover his wide shoulders." Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, 2003, p. 19.
• "Neanderthal man (or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) was very different from modern man." Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way, 1990, p. 21.
• "Neandertals were those stout, football-headed, muscular people who inhabited Europe and the Mediterranean for a couple hundred thousand years during the Ice Ages and died out about 32,000 years ago. They used to be spelled with an h but aren't any more." Jonathan Marks, What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee, 2003, p. 95.
• "Neandertals" Rick Gore, National Geographic, May 1997.
• "Until this decade scientists knew little about humans in Europe before the Neandertals appeared about 230,000 years ago." Rick Gore, "The First Europeans", National Geographic, July 1997.
• The Last Neanderthal: The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives, by Ian Tattersall, 1999.
• Neandertal, by John Darnton, 1999.
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nicht wahr?, nicht?

"not true?": isn't it so?, n'est-ce pas?

• "SO THEN, LIEUTENANT... WE LOST SOME PAWNS, BUT THE GAME WENT WELL, NICHT WAHR?" D. G. Chichester, Captain America Annual, Vol. 1, No. 10, 1991, p. 28.
• "If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavour to do, he drowns -- nicht wahr?" Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, 1900.
• "Nicht wahr, Monsieur, 'twas that you meant?" Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt.
• "It seems such a pity that you should have to spend the day at the hotel, and also a little uncomfortable ... in a strange place. Nicht wahr?" Katherine Mansfield, Bliss and Other Stories.
• "Oh, look, Herr Professor, there are swallows in flight; they are like a little flock of Japanese thoughts--nicht wahr?" Katherine Mansfield, In a German Pension.
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nickel n.

from Nickel "nickel; originally a nix, devil, kobold": shortened from German Kupfernickel or Swedish kopparnickel, so-called because the ore looks like copper ore, but does not contain the valuable metal. A modern English translation might be "copper trickster, fool's copper". Nickel was and is a diminutive of Nikolaus, "Nicholas". (Old) Nick is a name for the Devil in English. The US and Canadian five-cent pieces are called nickels because they are made of an alloy of nickel and copper. See further examples under cobalt and zinc.

• "Last week, he went to battle with a handful of quarters, a couple of five dollar bills, three rolls of nickels, an Indian head penny, six canceled stamps and an I.O.U. for $6.67 that he'd been carrying in his back pocket from the last Friday night poker game he played in." Robert M. Renneisen, How to Be Treated Like a High Roller: ...Even Though You're Not One, 1996.
• "A recent study found the nickel content in two of the new euro coins going into circulation in January may cause skin irritation or eczema in 10% of the population", "Omen", Time, Dec. 10, 2001.
• The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Nickel, by J.R. Lancaster, 1988.
• Nickel and the Skin: Immunology and Toxicology, by Howard I. Maibach and Torkil Menne, 1989.
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NS n., adj.

See Nazi.