Talk:Shenanigans

...super-troopers? I'm pretty sure South Park used calling shenanigans at least 4 years prior. (I assume they originated the practice.) -Derik08:25, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


 * South Park episode--: Cow Days Air date: September 30th, 1998.  Super Troopers: 2002.  South Park did indeed use it 4 years prior, but in different context.  On the same note, Shenanigans was partially carried over to Waiting... in the form of ShenaniganZ Ahanix1989 04:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

In the list of uses of the word, the south-park reference should be merged into the first list item, because the meaning is the same. Maybe something like " as popularised in the Cow Days episode of South Park" at the end. 82.46.233.8 11:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Personal testimony
I use this word often. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 08:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

i call shenanigans —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.46.49.98 (talk) 21:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Not to mention that this page is not particularly helpful if you want to understand how to use Shenanigan correctly. It merely repeats something from South Park. It especially appears that in literature the plural was not frequently used:

Proper use of shenanigans from literature:

"I've put up with all your shenanigan I'm goin' to." - The Valley of the Moon by Jack London

"consider them all (and their owners) guilty (of "shenanigan") until they are proved innocent" - Complete Letters of Mark Twain

"There's some sort of shenanigan brewing, or my first name's Peter" - The Days of Days by Louis Vance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.163.150.140 (talk) 18:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that shenanigans should be briefly defined first, not simply by reference to the Practical Joke article, which does not cover the range of meanings of shenanigans. 46.68.12.40 (talk) 11:45, 26 July 2021 (UTC)