Definition of "mishegoss" [mishegoss]

• Madness; silliness. (noun)

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• "But the noted scholar Leo Rosten provides alternative spellings of "mishegoss" and "mishegaas.""
• "I think it's great that in the midst of all this mishegoss on the debt ceiling, budget, deficits, stimulus, the committee is taking the time to look at the longer term challenges that middle class families have been struggling with well before the recession took hold."
• "After the Janet Jackson bosom mishegoss, the NFL got scared of hiring young people, because all young people want to do is take off their clothes, and if you watch television, you know the last thing you ever see on TV is young people taking off their clothes."