Word of the Day: Imbroglio!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Word of the Day: Imbroglio!

Posted: 1/6/2003 9:26:52 AM EDT

I subscribe to [url=www.merriamwebster.com]Merriam-Webster's[/url] "Word of the Day." The word for January 4 was [red][b]Imbroglio[/b][/red]:

imbroglio \im-BROHL-yoh\ (noun)

1 : [red]a confused mass[/red]
2 a : an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b : an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding *c : a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment

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Just thought y'all would like to know!

Posted: 1/6/2003 9:34:37 AM EDT

[#1]

And here I thought it was Latin for troll.

Posted: 1/6/2003 9:55:38 AM EDT

[#2]

Hell, here I was thinking it meant 'Doesn't even acknowledge receipt of Christmas Gift Exchange, just to keep Ol' Hun worrying..'

Or something like that!

Eric The('ConfusedMass'IsJust[u]So[/u]Judgmental!)Hun[>]:)]

Posted: 1/6/2003 10:01:58 AM EDT

[#3]

"A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde.

Posted: 1/6/2003 11:49:04 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Hell, here I was thinking it meant 'Doesn't even acknowledge receipt of Christmas Gift Exchange, just to keep Ol' Hun worrying..'

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Even though I was under great duress, I still managed to email you a thank you card!

Posted: 1/7/2003 12:04:28 AM EDT

[#5]

Imbroglio IS latin for Troll.

Don't let the modern English definitions fool you.

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