Finally! A word that I can use in everyday conversation... At 08:34 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote: >any of you who subscribe to the word of the day >got this already, but if not, its funny... >_________________________________ > >hubble-bubble (HUB-buhl-BUB-buhl) noun > > 1. A form of hookah: a smoking device in which the smoke is passed > through a bowl of water, making a bubbling noise, before being > drawn through a long pipe. > > 2. Commotion, uproar, turmoil. > >[Reduplication of the word bubble.] > >Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=hubble-bubble > > "A 32-year-old Bahraini man was engulfed in flames when his hubble-bubble > pipe set his clothing ablaze." > Soman Baby; Man Burned in Hubble Bubble Pipe Fire Critical; > Gulf Daily News (Bahrain); Feb 26, 2004. > > "Gosh, it could almost be the hubble-bubble talk of the political and > business hot spots of the nation." > Shelley Gare; Something Filthy About Being Rich; The Australian (Sydney); > Jun 16, 2001. > >This week's theme: reduplicatives. > >-- >tony > >Tony Weeg > >macromedia certified coldfusion mx developer >email: tonyweeg [at] gmail [dot] com >blog: http://www.revolutionwebdesign.com/blog/ >cool tool: http://www.antiwrap.com > >
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