I have to post something to kick off this blog, so I'll write about my favorite Yiddish word: mishagas
According to the bergen.org common yiddish words site mishagas means "craziness." But it's really much more than that.
It's like craziness, absurdity, insanity, stupidity and bedlam all rolled into one. And you can use it for just about everything.
e.g.
Q: Did you go to the Haight St. fair?
A: No way, I can't deal with that mishagas.
There are other great common yiddish words, but none quite as useful as mishagas.
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I used to be in a band called yeP! One of the best yeP! songs is "Bosco." Bosco is named after our favorite CmpSci professor at UMass. The verse lyrics of Bosco sound like: /deve LOP - ahh - pla NIFF ih KAY shun/. You can hear a decent live version of "Bosco" on this yeP! show.
2 comments:
'Bout time you had a blog, jg. Congrats. Good luck with all the mishagas.
yay for the blog, but for all us non-geeks, what exactly is a blog? lauren bagel
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