Hi Allen,
I can maybe contribute from my native German that is somehow related to
Yiddish. "Furshluginner" sounds a bit like verschlagener (same
pronouciation), which means artful, mean or sly in a deprecating way. It
sure fits!
Volker
Allen Cobb schrieb:
> I'm told, by the usual unreliable sources, that furshluginner is
> a deterioration of Greenwich Village Yiddish, meaning something
> fairly crude and deprecating about the accompanying noun.
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> PS - is there any real world meaning to Fershlugginer, or did it
> originate with MAD mag? That is the only place I heard it as a
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