nish

From German nichts (“nothing”), possibly via Yiddish נישט‎ (nisht, “no, not”). Originally Polari slang.

• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

nish

1. (Britain, slang) nothing.
   • 1998 March 4, Janie Lawrence, quoting Ian Dury, “The Dury's Out”, in The Independent‎:

     If you like the director you do it for nish, so Marcus Thompson got us all to do it for nothing.

   • 2017, Dreda Say Mitchell, Blood Mother: Flesh and Blood Trilogy Book Two, Hachette UK (→ISBN)

     I've got nish to say to you. You can save your breath.

   • 2017 September 20, Liam Gallagher, BBC Backstage Music Pass‎:

     These fucking little smart arses download fucking tunes for nish.

• Shin, hins, his'n, hisn, shin, sinh

From Old Irish indossa (cognate with Irish anois, Scottish Gaelic a-nis).

nish

1. now

• “indossa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.