--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > 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.
Thanks. So my friend's suggestion that a schmegegy was an individual with the same basic worth as trouser lint was correct.
