This week's theme: odd-looking words. hullabaloo (HUL-uh-buh-loo) noun
Tumultuous noise, excitement, confusion; uproar. [Of uncertain origin. Apparently a reduplication of hallo (former variant of hello), an alteration of French hola (whoa, stop there), from ho + la (there).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=hullabaloo -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "After all the hullabaloo, pre-match hype and endless talks shows on radio and television, the Fenerbahçe-Besiktas derby at Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul turned out to be a Big Fat Nothing." Okan Udo Bassey; A Big Fat Nothing; Turkish Daily News (Ankara, Turkey); Nov 21, 2006. Sponsored by: Discover WildWords: a crossword game ext*aire (i.e., extraordinaire). Wild tiles turn Scrabble on its head. Learn how at http://wildwords.us Namix: What's in a name? Smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. -Edgar Guest, poet (1881-1959) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/hullabaloo.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hullabaloo.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/hullabaloo.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
