magilla

Definitions

1. Something large and/or elaborate (especially in the phrase "the whole magilla")
2. A big fuss or messy situation.
3. An epitome; acme; exemplar.
4. Someone big and brutish; gorilla.

Examples

“No, I didn't wear⟳ them. I got dressed up. Pantyhose, makeup, the whole magilla.”

“Before a Kohen duchans he's gotta have⟳ his hands washed by one of the Levites, it's a whole magilla, what do I know⟳?”

“I love⟳ your letters. They always bring⟳ me joy. Even the short ones. The magillas make⟳ me euphoric.”

“"Dream⟳ House" is the full magilla, with imaginary images, sanity questions, peek-a-boo startles and the usual are-they-real-or-not? characters.”

“I'm good at it, I get⟳ paid fairly well for it, and some day I'm going to be one of the people in charge of the whole magilla.”

“Now after this magilla, please⟳ be ashamed of yourself and sit⟳ down & write⟳ a nice long letter”

“Because I got into one of my magillas over what in hell to write⟳ you, Paul who thought I was crazy said that maybe he would apply⟳ for it instead but Gordon thought he was too successful.”

“You can’t name⟳ it. It’s too big or evil or outside your experience⟳. It’s also shit because it’s garbage, it’s waste⟳ material. But I’m making a whole big megillah out of this. What I really want⟳ to get⟳ at is the ordinary thing, the ordinary life behind the thing.”

“He didn't deserve⟳ this end⟳ and I am to blame⟳ for the whole magilla.”

“The actor told Esquire about his epic Christmas parties: "It's a big magilla to get⟳ an ice luge, but if you do, you can pour⟳ vodka into it and it chills it on the way down.”

““It's not just one more thing, this is the big magilla,” Keena said.”

“Beyond Baroque, she says, “was the big magilla” to which they all aspired.”

“But this Hawthorne thing is the big magilla. It will include⟳ everything a Las Vegas casino has, all that and table games.”

“Big, stupid magillas with guns.”

“Those of us in the talk⟳ radio dodge can't help⟳ but make⟳ note⟳ of Rush⟳ Limbaugh, the thousand-pound magilla in our particular jungle.”

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