Verb: 1. The act of becoming blinded by an unexpected bright light. 2. Becoming thwarted in one's purpose.
Noun: 1. One who causes unexpected or negative results.
Origin: A U.S. Cobra helicopter pilot on a night-ops mission was flying low and very fast to approach a target. As he climbed out of a small valley, a farmer crested the ridge ahead of him and the hi-beams from his rickety old truck completely blnded the pilot, defeating his mission unexpectedly. It is reported the pilot yelled: "Ahhh - I've been shmiggled! Abort! Abort!"

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods