--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 > > > > cents each. Every day a young man would leave his office > > > > building at lunch time and as he passed the pretzel stand > > > > he would leave her a quarter, but never take a pretzel. > > > > > > > > And this went on for more then 3 years. The two of them > > > > never spoke. One day as the young man passed the old > > > > lady's stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel > > > > lady spoke to him. > > > > > > > > Without blinking an eye she said: > > > > > > > > "They're 35 cents now." > > > > > > Good for her. > > > > > > The young man had been subtly dissing her by treating > > > her as a charity case instead of an entrepreneur. > > > > Which makes you, once again, a schmegegy. > > AZ, if you know, please clear up for me some > of the mystery of the term "schmegegy." > > Being not of the Jewish persuasion, the only > times I have heard this phrase in my life have > been accompanied by a grimace of cognitive > dissonance, my face reflecting the fact that > I simply don't get the reference. > > A Jewish friend of my acquaintance, exorted > over a shared joint back in college to define > "schmegegy" for me, replied: > > "You know how when you go to the laundromat > to do your wash and afterwards you discover > weird lint stuff in the pockets of the washed > clothing, stuff that you can't quite figure > out the origin of? Schmegegies." > > So what's the literal meaning? >
Schmegegy is a noun meaning idiot with connotations or being full of hot air. If you referred to someone as full of baloney, the person you were referring to would be a schmegegy. Lets say, for example that someone said that schmegegy was a wimpy way to bash but then spent 3 post responding to the comment. That person defines being a schmegegy. The use of examples to define subtle differences in words is often hilarious. Some of the ones used to differentiate schlemiel and schlimazel make me laugh till I cry.
