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shenanigan orig. U.S.|ʃɪˈnænɪgən|
Also shenan(n)egan, -igan, -gin; shin-; -(c)kin; and other vars.
[Origin obscure.]
Trickery, skulduggery, machination, intrigue; teasing, ‘kidding’, nonsense; (usu. pl.) a plot, a trick, a prank, an exhibition of high spirits, a carry-on. Hence sheˈnaniganning, sheˈnanigin(g), pres. pple. and vbl. n.
1855Town Talk (San Francisco) 25 Apr. 2 Are you quite sure? No shenanigan? 1856Spirit of Age (Sacramento) 30 Apr. 2 These facts indicate that there is some shenanegan going on. 1857C. E. De Long Jrnl. 15 Aug. in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1930) IX. 156 Race came off Whiskey Bill winner, the Mare's rider held in, and Smith pronouncing it shenanigan. 1862‘Mark Twain’ Let. May (1917) I. iii. 77 Consider them all..guilty (of ‘shenanigan’) until they are proved innocent. 1894M. J. Jaques Texan Ranch Life xiii. 115 He assured me that he was not ‘shenan-neganning’ me, and that the dish would prove a delicacy. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 483/1 A man who is firmly kind, but who will stand no shinanigan. 1901W. S. Walker In Blood xxxi. 332 We're mates all round, an' no more shenannikin. 1902R. Barr Victors v. 81 If I were to pay them they might think there was some shenanigan about it. 1924J. Masefield Lord Harker iii. 146 Now, brother, answer me and no damned shinanniking. 1926E. Ferber Show Boat xiv. 305 I'd never had a fight on my boat and wasn't going to begin any such low life shenanigans now. 1928Saturday Even. Post 10 Mar. 11/2 The renunciation of Mr Coolidge was a distinct disappointment to the great mass of the Republican Party,..and this left the way open for some astute shenanigan in various states. 1930‘S. S. Van Dine’ Scarab Murder Case xv. 212 There's too much shenanigan going on around here to suit me. I want action. 1935S. O'Casey Let. c 10 Feb. (1975) I. 540 It is really hateful that I should be compelled to turn my thoughts to the pious shinanachin of a few Jesuits & a group of Methodist Preachers. 1936‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell x. 152 Two more followed him to take care of him and see he didn't lose his pay-roll shenannigin in his Irish way with the mademoiselles. 1938J. I. Rodale King's English on Horseback 137/1 Mischief,..Shenanigins. 1940Dylan Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 122 No shananacking in the old moonlight. 1947W. Greenwood Cure for Love i. 23 ‘Here, listen, you two. No shinanigin'.’..‘Shinanigin’? What's that?’..‘Shinanigin’? Well-er-it's... Well-er-just shinanigin’... Messing about.’ 1948D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. vi. 34 You see you go tomorrow, then... No shinnanicking now. 1960T. Griffith Waist-High Culture ii. 81 Readers [of newspapers] do not recognize every shenanigan inflicted upon them. 1969in Halpert & Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 90 The entire household looks on, laughing at the girls' shenanigans. 1973B. Bainbridge Dressmaker 11 They'd all catch their death of cold shenanniging about in the middle of the night. 1973Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1448/2 (heading) Shennanigans behind the silver screen. 1974Ridge Citizen (Johnston, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 2/1 We don't condone whatever wrongdoing or shenanigans that may have taken place at Watergate or elsewhere. 1976R. Lewis Witness my Death ii. 56 There might have been a certain amount of shenanigans going on behind the scenes. 1978New York 3 Apr. 16/2 House Calls—Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, and Charlie Matthau in a film directed by Howard Zieff, about medical shenanigans in and out of a hospital. 1980Times 3 Jan. 10/4 Doubtful political shenanigans..in the Central Pacific. |