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meshugeneh

Yiddish

also: meshuggeneh, meshugenah

crazy, foolish, off their rocker

Crazy, in the affectionate-to-not-so-affectionate sense, depending on who you're describing. Your uncle who invests in whatever he saw on the news that morning is meshugeneh. So is a policy that makes no sense on paper.

"Reply and tell us we're meshugeneh." (Daily edition, Aug 13, 2026)