megilla

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/26/2010 12:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Tony Harris on CNN: "This is just a *magilla* of a storm!  *There's* a word
>a haven't used in a long time!"

Did he mean a long and tedious storm?  Quoth the OED, Megillah, n.
sense 2:  "2. slang. [With allusion to the length of the Megillah.] A
long, tedious, or complicated story".

But probably not.  Just another example of Jew-baiting.

Joel



>250 RGs for "magilla of a."
>
>I assume this has been influenced by "The Magilla Gorilla Show"
>(1963-1967).  It's a gorilla of a storm. You know, a monster.
>
>JL
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