meshugaas
noun
foolishness; insanity; senselessness.
mishegoss
-
a variation of
meshugaas.
Example Sentences
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Here, resident “Real Housewives” correspondents Yvonne Villarreal and Meredith Blake discuss all the “Salt Lake City” mishegoss and what it means for the “Real Housewives” universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
I am convinced that the rankings game is a bit of mishegoss — a slightly daft obsession that does harm when colleges, parents, or students take it too seriously.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
I didn’t know who she was, except that she had these dark eyebrows and she seemed to be very tall and imposing and she was responsible for this whole mishegoss, and I had to curtsy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2020
Some Oscars years are destined for mishegoss, and the one that concludes this Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre, is one of them.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 24, 2019
Because the actors were above the depths, there was all kinds of CGI mishegoss required to make their accoutrements look like they were swaying in the currents.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2018
