What does Jon Stewart say in this episode?

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Dear Users,I have a few questions about this episode of Daily Show where Jon Stewart interviews J.J. Abrams1) What does J.S. say in 0:04 of the show? I can't quite catch the word but it ends with... eur ? I don't think it's entrepreneur 2) In 2:24 Abrams says: ... it's gona be sizemic ... I guess it's some kind of neologism? It's a combination of... size and...?3) In 4:43 Abrams says: ... and he's toughing it up Is that correct? I assume it means something like to man up?4) In 5:10 Abrams says: I'm wearing this really silly "backrace" under my shirt... Not idea what that is.5) In 5:26 Abrams says: So I felt like the most... nebbishy... director... I have never heard this word before. Nebbishy. Is it American English?6) In 6:09 Stewart sats: Nobody noticed you were wearing a "backbrace" What's a backbrace?7) In 1:16 Stewart says: It came from a sweatshop in... Does he say Malaysia? Thank you!

GPY · Accepted Answer

1) What does J.S. say in 0:04 of the show? I can't quite catch the word but it ends with... eur ? I don't think it's entrepreneur
I think it's "auteur".

2) In 2:24 Abrams says: ... it's gona be sizemic ... I guess it's some kind of neologism? It's a combination of... size and...?
Not "sizemic" but "seismic".

3) In 4:43 Abrams says: ... and he's toughing it up Is that correct? I assume it means something like to man up?
"toughing it out" (carrying on with fortitude in the face of difficulties)

4) In 5:10 Abrams says: I'm wearing this really silly "backrace" under my shirt... Not idea what that is.
"back brace" (a brace to support or protect the back)

5) In 5:26 Abrams says: So I felt like the most... nebbishy... director... I have never heard this word before. Nebbishy. Is it American English?
From Yiddish.

6) In 6:09 Stewart sats: Nobody noticed you were wearing a "backbrace" What's a backbrace?
See 4.

7) In 1:16 Stewart says: It came from a sweatshop in... Does he say Malaysia?
Yes.

CalifJim · Answer

Perfect Stranger1) What does J.S. say in 0:04 of the show?

I don't know.

Perfect Stranger2) In 2:24 Abrams says: ... it's gona be sizemic .

seismic. It should be in your dictionary. Seismology is the study of earth movements, tremors, earthquakes, that sort of thing. 'seismic' is now being used to mean 'spectacularly great', 'as significantly notable as a major earthquake'.

Perfect Stranger3) In 4:43 Abrams says: ... and he's toughing it up Is that correct? I assume it means something like to man up?

'toughing it out' Yes, that's the meaning.

Perfect Stranger4) In 5:10 Abrams says: I'm wearing this really silly "backbrace"

A brace for his back. A steel medical appliance to keep his spine stationary due to the fact that he broke his back/spine.

Perfect Stranger5) In 5:26 Abrams says: So I felt like the most... nebbishy... director...

nebbishy - like a nebbish, an insignificant nobody. A word of Yiddish (Jewish) origin. Yes, we hear it in the U.S.

Perfect Stranger6) In 6:09 Stewart sats: Nobody noticed you were wearing a "backbrace" What's a backbrace?

See above or see Google Images.

Perfect Stranger7) In 1:16 Stewart says: It came from a sweatshop in... Does he say Malaysia?

Yes. a sweatshop in Malaysia.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

So...

1) I'm not sure what he said there

2) My guess goes to "seismic" - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seismic

3) He actually said that "he's toughing it out" and it means to endure - http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tough+it+out

4+6) Back Brace - https://www.google.com/search?q=back+brace

5) The word Nebish + the "ly" postfix - http://he.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nebish

7) Yes - I've heard Malaysia too

Thank you!

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousThe word Nebish + the "ly" postfix

Just a -y suffix, actually.

CJ

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