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mashugana

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

nonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of meshuggener.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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' .

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History

Etymology

From Yiddish משוגענער (meshugener).