Bupkis is a Yiddish word, which is literally translated as “beans” and is derived from a Slavic word for “goat droppings.” Apparently goat droppings look like beans, although I’ve never actually seen any goat droppings.
However just to make things confusing, it’s not used as a reference to something edible (beans), or something inedible (goat droppings), but as something worthless (a bean isn’t worth much, and goat droppings even less)
To make things even more confusing, it’s generally used as a double negative as in “You haven’t got bupkis!” which means “You don’t have something worthless” which means “You have something that’s worth something!”
I named this website “bupkis” because it’s filled with my favorite things.
Aren’t you glad you asked? 