meshuggeneh

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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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  • 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. —  www.blogalaxia.com Directorio y Buscador de Blogs Latinos
  • There's always more, more, more. ", on July 19, nine of the senators most critical of Mr. Bloomberg marched on City Hall. meshuggeneh not to include parents in the education of our children," said Mr. Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who was indicted for cutting his girlfriend's face with a broken glass. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • He called on Mr. Paterson to send state troopers to "drag them back" to session, and said, "Giving them the summer off is, as we say in Gaelic, meshuggeneh." —  Home | The New York Observer
  • "As opposed to loosely using the word 'meshuggeneh,' we would also say we don't need a yenta on the other side of this argument and this debate." —  Home | The New York Observer
 

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  1. Yiddish meshugener, meshugene, masculine and feminine sing. of meshuge; see meshuga.
 

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