I was reading a book and stumbled upon the funny word brouhaha. It means hubbub. “Or crazy situation that has gone completely higgledy-piggledy”. Did everyone get that?
Seriously though, it also comes from French. Damn, that wasn’t serious. No, really, it’s from French. But how it got there is unclear. It is used to denote noisy and excited reactions or disputes. It can mean excitement, tumult, a noisy demonstration of dissatisfaction, or just a big tumultuous dispute. Basically, the word is used to describe a situation with lots of noise and disorder, often with a negative connotation.
In general, hubbub means about the same thing.
higgledy-piggledy – it denotes disorder, confusion. Also unclear where it originated from.
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