mashugana

mashugana

English

Etymology

From Yiddish משוגענער‎ (meshugener)

Noun

mashugana (countable and uncountable, plural mashuganas)

1. nonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage
2. (derogatory) A person who is silly or crazy; a jackass.
   • 1986. Allen Ginsberg, Bill Morgan. Kanreki: a tribute to Allen Ginsberg‎, Page 37

     I seemed to attract old flower children and new age holistic eastern mystic 'mashuganas' .

See also

• meshuga
• meshugge
• meshuggeneh
• meshuggener