▁Sc ots - I r ish ) ne b ▁out ▁- ▁ ▁to ▁mind ▁one ' s ▁own ▁business ne b - n ose ▁or ▁ne bb y - n ose ▁( also ▁ne b sh it ) ▁- ▁( n .) ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁person ▁who ▁is ▁always ▁pok ing ▁into ▁people ' s ▁affairs ne bb y ▁- ▁( adj .) ▁given ▁to ▁pr ying ▁into ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁others ; ▁nos y q o ▁- ▁( n .) ▁question red d ▁up ▁( also ▁ret , ▁rid , ▁r idd , ▁or ▁re dd ▁out ) ▁- ▁( v .) ▁to ▁tid y ▁up , ▁clean ▁up , ▁or ▁clean ▁out ▁( a ▁room , ▁house , ▁cup board , ▁etc . ); ▁to ▁clean ▁house , ▁tid y ▁up ▁( h ence ▁v ▁bl . ▁re dd ing ▁up ▁house - clean ing ; ▁tid ying ▁up ) An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁term ▁is ▁" Y in z ▁better ▁re dd ▁up ▁this ▁room ". ▁D ress man ▁notes ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁common ▁to ▁the ▁Pitts burgh ▁area ▁and ▁throughout ▁Pennsylvania , ▁but ▁less ▁so ▁in ▁Philadelphia . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁scattered ▁about ▁New ▁England ▁States ▁and ▁in ▁New ▁Brun sw ick , ▁though ▁its ▁occurrence ▁is ▁heav iest ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Hall ▁states ▁that ▁its ▁distribution ▁is ▁" sc atter ed , ▁but ▁chief ly ▁N . ▁Mid land , ▁esp ▁PA ". ▁D ress man ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁by