mashugana

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noun

nonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage

OriginYiddish משוגענער →
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Meanings

nounmashugana (countable and uncountable, plural mashuganas)

plural mashuganas

  1. countableuncountablenonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage
  2. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of meshuggener.

    1986. Allen Ginsberg, Bill Morgan. Kanreki: a tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Page 37http://books.google.com/books?id=wWmuAAAAIAAJ&q=Mashuganas&dq=Mashuganas&lr=&ei=oivOSp68OYi0kATv3fHBBQ I seemed to attract old flower children and new age holistic eastern mystic 'mashuganas' .

Origin

  1. Yiddishמשוגענער
  2. Englishmashugana

From Yiddish משוגענער (meshugener).

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APA

mashugana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashugana

MLA

“mashugana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashugana. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mashugana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashugana.

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