Aug 10, 2000 14:27
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Hebrew term
Bob Brennan
mischagaz
Hebrew to English
Art/Literary
Word expressing a kind of foolishness, a Yiddish word, actually.
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Laura Gentili
Italy
Italy
Italy
problem solving, proactive approach
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Hebrew to Italian
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I assume you mean "meshugah". The participle derives from the Hebrew root shin gimel 'ain. The active verbal form means to drive someone crazy, to confuse him, etc.
The passive verbal form means to become crazy, to be crazy.
The passive verbal form means to become crazy, to be crazy.
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Iris Bat-Or
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English
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Works in: Hebrew to English, English to Hebrew
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MESHOOGAZ - Follies, mild mad or crazy acts, or a person with "bats in the belfry".
Your spelling is somewhat illegible. yet I believe it is MESHUGAS. In proper Heb. - mad, crazy (female form),
in Yiddish - folly (all forms depending on context).
in Yiddish - folly (all forms depending on context).
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mischegaz
From Yiddish. A particularly crazy idea action or opinion.Example: an apparantly normal quiet individual with hobbies such as bunjy jumping or rock climbing His mother would call it his mechegaz.
2 hrs
craziness or insanity
The spelling is usually something like MISCHIGAS (using Spanish vowels). It means 'craziness' or 'insanity,' not in the hard medical sense, but as in "What is this mischigas?" when trying to drum some sense into the heads of friends having a foolish argument. The word "foolishness" is also a good synonym.
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idiosyncrasy or weird obsession
This term, originally Yiddish (meshugas) refers to an individual's unique and often crazy obsession with some topic or activity. For example, a person may be particular about washing his/her hands frequently, but "that's just his/her meshugas". This can apply to a very wide range of topics/activities.
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Anita Treger
Israel
Israel
Native in Hebrew
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English
Israel
professional, relatively cheap efficient
Native in: Hebrew , English
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English
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craziness
the word is used to describe a type of unusual behavior or reaction. The coonnotation is not one of medical insanity or mental illness.
E.g. He has a meshugas for good food - He is crazy about good food.
Or she is full of meshugas - she has a lot opf unacceptable demands
E.g. He has a meshugas for good food - He is crazy about good food.
Or she is full of meshugas - she has a lot opf unacceptable demands
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Ingrid Abramson
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Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English
nonsense, craziness
For instance as in "He was talking about buying into a gold mining company, or some mishegaz like that..."
Meshuga does mean crazy, but mishegaz means craziness, nonsence, idiocy etc.
Meshuga does mean crazy, but mishegaz means craziness, nonsence, idiocy etc.
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