what is shenanigans mean
, Administrator by day, musician, music and film lover, husband (since 2006) and dad (since 2010) by night. Shenanigans is another word for silliness, tomfoolery, more specifically in this instance an attempt to mislead someone for your own amusement, usually in fun rather than malice. When someone says I call shenanigans, they mean I strongly suspect that what is being said or done to me is intended to mislead me and make me look foolish.