meshuga
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ə adjective Slang.
crazy; insane.
Also, me·shug·ga.
Origin:
1880–85; < Yiddish meshuge < Hebrew məshuggāʿ
1880–85; < Yiddish meshuge < Hebrew məshuggāʿ
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| —adj | |
| crazy | |
| [from Hebrew] | |
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Meshuga
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
meshuga
"mad, crazy, stupid," 1892, from Heb. meshugga, part. of shagag "to go astray, wander." The adj. has forms meshugener, meshugenah before a noun.
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Slang Dictionary
meshuga definition[məˈʃʊgə]and meshugah
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
So they've gone meshuga over mobile phones, but the question is why.
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