| The phrase's convoluted history is a bit of a bubbe meise itself.Today, the term bubbe meise is mostly used to describe an invented story or fantasy. |
| Harvard linguist Steven Pinker maintains that bubbe meises are really made-up explanations without any basis in fact. |
| When I showed my bubbe, she said I had found a memory of the snake, and that memories were precious. |
| Whether you call her Nana, Gran, Gramma or Bubbe, this book is delightful. |
