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furshlugginer

/fəˈʃlʌɡɪnə/

furshlugginer adjective: well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk.

Adjective

furshlugginer (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk.
    • I trust you, I just don’t trust that furshlugginer hunk of junk over there.2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil

Origin of furshlugginer

From the Yiddish; one of several words Anglicized and popularized by the original writer of MAD Magazine, Harvey Kurtzman. The word comes from shlogn ("to hit") with the prefix far- which often indicates the one so described is taking on the quality named. Thus, in Yiddish it means something that is old, battered, or junky. Because many American Jews had only a sketchy knowledge of Yiddish, and due to the vagaries and difficulties of transliteration, words changed in spelling and consequently in pronunciation. The word should have been transliterated as "farshlugginer" for a more accurate pronunciation.

Questions about furshlugginer

What does furshlugginer mean?
Furshlugginer means well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk.
What part of speech is furshlugginer?
Furshlugginer is an adjective.
How do you pronounce furshlugginer?
Furshlugginer is pronounced /fəˈʃlʌɡɪnə/.

Words near furshlugginer in the dictionary

  1. furs up
  2. Fursday
  3. Furse
  4. fursecution
  5. Furses
  6. furshlugginer
  7. furson
  8. fursona
  9. fursonae
  10. fursonal
  11. fursonalities

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