shlug up
Definitions
v. To "shlug (someone) up" is to annihilate his argument, typically in such fashion as to demonstrate a superiority of knowledge.
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
אָפּשלאָגן opshlogn 'to knock off, repel; reflect' dissuade' (verbal root is שלאָג shlog 'hit, beat', with the perfective particle אָפּ op)
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- South Africa
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
shlog up, schlug up, schlog up
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