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1. slanguncountableMadness; silliness.

   You know what? Let's forget all the mishegoss and try to enjoy our lunch, huh? Take the edge off.

   2011 October 30, “Pilot”, in Allen Gregory, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Allen Gregory DeLongpre

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   On the contrary, the Michigander’s mishegoss is driven by my choice of the on-guard anticipate when he thinks I should have used the more general, all-purpose verb expect.

   2007 February 11, William Safire, “Culpa for Mayor”, in New York Times

   Appropriately shamed, Hal agrees to help Oliver in taking down the landlord, which they eventually do after some crime-fighting mishegoss.

   2018 April 17, Abraham Riesman, “Green Lantern No. 76 Was the Moment Superhero Comics Got Woke”, in Vulture

   […]new allegations that young Mr. Ellis may have mishandled classified information as part of whatever mishegoss they were trying to pull off there.

   2021 January 21, 24:25 from the start, in The Rachel Maddow Show, spoken by Rachel Maddow

   Ullyot warned that under Hegseth “the Pentagon focus is no longer on warfighting, but on endless drama” and said “the president deserves better than the current mishegoss at the Pentagon.”

   2025 April 21, Edward Helmore, quoting John Ullyot, “‘Full-blown meltdown’ at Pentagon after Hegseth’s second Signal chat revealed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN