A Yiddishism that came into fandom, as well as American English, via Mad Magazine. It mostly means “crazy” or “stupid,” as in, “I can’t get the hang of that ferschlugginer hitchie.”
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
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| A Mad-word; "a sort of clean dirty word". From Yiddish "far-schlogner", which we may translate "all beat up".
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| From Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement, ca. 1960
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| Alternatively Furschlugginer. A second possible derivation would consider it a portmanteau-wor from Ferschimmelt (moldy) and meschugginer (insane).
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See also Potrzebie, Epithets.
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