--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> 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. >
Another example of analogy and example being spot on to clarify definition. Thanks for your suggestions regarding my Blue Moon maladies. Come to find out, it was nothing that a near felonious motorcycle ride on some deserted highways and byways followed by howlin' at the moon with 100K of my closest friend couldn't cure. I feel much better now. :-o~ http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/blockparty/entertainment/ Say, back in the day, did you ever know Hans Olson? I would wager Bruce Cockburn knows him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Olson
