This week's theme: odd-looking words. tohubohu (TOH-hoo-BO-hoo) noun
Chaos; confusion. [From Hebrew tohu wa-bhohu, from tohu (formlessness) and bhohu (emptiness).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Our problem is tohubohu. Our industry is drowning in it. But somehow, even with all the confusion and disorder, we manage to develop systems." Jerrold Grochow; Take a Little Tohubohu Off the Top; Software Magazine (Englewood, Colorado); Nov 1995. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=aw Perfect your language with Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines, a great way to become fully fluent! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith6 ............................................................................ "Hey, it's '007," as James Bond said, "Cheers!" -Sacha Molitorisz, columnist, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 3, 2007 Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/tohubohu.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/tohubohu.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/tohubohu.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
