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furshlugginer

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  • adjective well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk

Etymologies

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From the Yiddish, one of several words Anglicized and popularized by the original writers of MAD Magazine. The word comes from shlogn ("to hit") with the prefix far- which often indicates the one so described is taking on the quality named. Thus, in Yiddish it means an old, battered piece of junk.

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  • He handed out 3-D glasses for one portion of his presentation, involving pirates who couldn't see the 3-D effects themselves until they removed those furshlugginer eye patches!

    Saturday at SPX: The Panels scottedelman 2009

  • But what about words like furshlugginer, poiuyt, potrzebie, veeblefeltzer and axolotol?

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  • (where “This Thing In Your Book” = something coherent, thoughtful, and actually evidentiary of the fact that you read the furshlugginer book with something approximating attention.)

    Let's Pretend We're Real Writers! wendigomountain 2010

  • Since I can't figure out how to change that furshlugginer "About" section (awww, c'mon ... the only

    unknown title 2009

  • Since I can't figure out how to change that furshlugginer "About" section (awww, c'mon ... the only

    unknown title 2009

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