Shenanigan

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  • noun. A playful or mischievous act; a prank.
  • noun. An underhanded act or deceitful remark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Nonsense; humbug; deceit: as, now, no shenanigan about this.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Trickery, games; skulduggery. To "call", "claim" or "declare" shenanigans is to rhetorically label something as officially deceitful, improper, or otherwise incorrect.
  • noun. A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
  • noun. Mischievous play, especially by children.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
  • noun. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • Word Usage
    "So, I'm going to call shenanigan ­s on this article."
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    brannigan  
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