Did you perchance mean meshuggah?
Definitions
Etymologies
- Yiddish meshugener, meshugene, masculine and feminine sing. of meshuge; see meshuga. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
““What kind of meshuggeneh crazy cards you gave me?” she asks, surveying her hand.”
“From the CEOs to the bolt-turners on the assembly line, from powertrain engineers to your humble reviewer—he said, adjusting his poodle skirt—we're all slightly but measurably tetch'd, meshuggeneh, deranged.”
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“And all because her meshuggeneh husband refused to lock the doors.”
“Boy, these guys are really meshuggeneh," said Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT).”
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“This place was crawling with people I recognized, daring and a little meshuggeneh, near the beginnings of their careers, working for several outlets at once, trying to catch a break.”
“Those sermons could drive you totally meshuggeneh!”
“Max, of course I remember that meshuggeneh friend of yours, and what you want to do with him is your affair.”
““How do I know when your meshuggeneh friend was born?””
“I really did feel such a kinship with them, and after just a few months, I was throwing around words like bubbe and goy and meshuggeneh to beat the band.”
“Certainly, very few of us border on the level of meshuggeneh that Sir Isaac Newton displayed, yet we all run the risk of getting out of balance if we're not careful.”
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ifjuly's list
favorite words. some are made up injokes between me and my husband or family.
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3251 more...
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Sounds Fine
chamber, contumely, grosgrain, eidolon, monarchy, eschaton, writerly, descry, specious, bog, susurration, bleat and 23 more...
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Yiddish
chutzpah, kvetch, mensch, nosh, oy vey, putz, schmuck, shiksa, tchotchke, schlep, shtik, gornisht and 6 more...
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whackedtollie's Words
serendipity, oomph, ridiculous, drool, special, knit, recur, reconciliation, meshuggeneh
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