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no-brainernerd pack n. a plastic sheath for holding pens in a pocket,protecting the cloth from ink. (This is the classic symbolof a bookish nerd.) A real nerd wears a nerd packin the pocket of a dirty shirt.nicked mod. arrested. “Now I’m nicked,” he said.nippers n. handcuffs; leg fetters. No, not the nippers.They hurt my arms.nipply mod. [of weather] cold. (A play on nippy [weather]and what such weather may do to the human nipples.) It’s a little nipply out this morning.nitery [“naIt#i] n. a nightclub. There is a cheap niteryover on Twelfth Street where Chuck has a job.no big deal and no biggie; no big whoop n. (something)not difficult or troublesome. Don’t worry. It’sno big deal. No biggie; no prob.no go [“no “go] mod. negative; inopportune. (This ishyphenated before a nominal.) We’re in a no-go situation.no great shakes phr. someone or something not verygood. (There is no affirmative version of this.) Youridea is no great shakes, but we’ll try it anyway.no sale interj. no. I wanted to go to Florida for the holidays,but my father said, “No sale.”no sweat interj. no problem; Don’t worry; it is no problem. It’s no big deal. No sweat.no-brainer n. an easy question that takes no thinking toanswer; a simple problem that requires no intellect tosolve; a dilemma that requires no pondering to resolve.145