--- 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: > > > > > > > > --- 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. > > It may be a side effect of years of Yogic Flying. > Think to yourself "lightness of cotton fiber" over > and over for decades, and sure 'nuff you become as > lightweight as cotton fiber. :-)
You crack me up. I do feel you shouldn't be so belittling and dismissive of lint. At least when you throw lint away it doesn't follow you around and stalk you for 15 years on internet message boards. :-)
