What does the Yiddish word Tsuris mean?
Yiddish tsures, tsores, plural of tsure, tsore trouble, distress, from Hebrew ṣārāh.
How do you spell the Yiddish word Mishegoss?
me·shu·gaas Crazy or senseless activity or behavior; craziness. [Yiddish meshegas, from Hebrew məšuggā’; see meshuga.]
How do you use Mishegoss in a sentence?
Definition of “mishegoss” [mishegoss] “I think it’s great that in the midst of all this mishegoss on the debt ceiling, budget, deficits, stimulus, the committee is taking the time to look at the longer term challenges that middle class families have been struggling with well before the recession took hold.”
What does meshuggah mean in Yiddish?
Crazy
Meshuga, also Meshugge, Meshugah, Meshuggah /məˈʃʊɡə/: Crazy (משגע, meshuge, from Hebrew: משוגע, m’shuga’; OED, MW). Also used as the nouns meshuggener and meshuggeneh for a crazy man and woman, respectively.
How do you spell Fakakta?
Common misspelling of verkakte.
How to pronounce mishegas?
mishegas Insanity or craziness. A meshugener is a crazy man. If you want to insult someone, you can ask them, ”Does it hurt to be crazy?” mishpocheh Or mishpokhe or mishpucha. It means “family,” as in “Relax, you’re mishpocheh. I’ll sell it to you at wholesale.” nosh Or nash. To nibble; a light snack, but you won’t be light if you don’t stop noshing.
What does mishegoss mean?
mishegoss – (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity meshugaas , mishegaas foolery , tomfoolery , lunacy , craziness , folly , indulgence – foolish or senseless behavior
What does mishuganah mean?
meshuggeneh ( mɪˈʃʊɡənə) or meshuggenah n an insane or stupid person Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 Thesaurus AntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus