megillah
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- noun
- /mɪˈɡɪlə/
- Informal
- Listening to his megillah about home improvement projects made everyone in the room yawn.
- the whole megillah
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Watch on YouTubeI didn't go to live bands like I did the full, you know, the, the whole Megillah and found it incredibly healing, incredibly profound.
- I didn't go to live bands like I did the full, you know, the, the whole Megillah and found it incredibly healing, incredibly profound.
Examples
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It's a megillah.
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I didn't go to live bands like I did the full, you know, the, the whole Megillah and found it incredibly healing, incredibly profound.
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In "Vashti and Esther—the Whole Megillah for Young Children," Maxine Segal Handelman wrote about the "valuable lessons" to be learned from both Esther and Vashti.
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The presentation was so detailed that it turned into a real megillah that none of us could follow.
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She told a long and boring megillah about her vacation that felt endless.
Synonyms
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A story that describes connected events
A long boring piece of writing or speech that repeats the same points
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Etymology
The word megillah comes from Hebrew megillah, which means 'scroll' and is the name of the long story of Esther read at the Jewish festival Purim. So, because that scroll is long, English speakers now use megillah to mean a long, often boring, detailed story, which is why people say 'the whole megillah'.