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826. Yiddish Words used in English (with Sebastian Marx)

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Mesuguna: A Crazy Person

Next is the word mensch, which I have heard before. So mensch M E N S C H means man. But it means like a good guy that we all respect. He's a real mensch. Next is meshuguna. When I'd never heard of this before. Meshuguna is a crazy person. Or yeah, you could say, Oh, he's all meshuguna or meshuga. And it means craziness. Like bonkers bananas. We have lots of words in English too. Yeah, bananas, crazy nuts, bonkers, batty, balmy. and meshugunas. Okay. You've heard it mentioned.

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