word of the day :: brouhaha

brouhaha:

[broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah]

–noun

1. excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall.

2. an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes.

Origin:

1885-90; < F, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters repr. the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; perh. < Heb, distortion of the recited phrase bārūkh habbā (beshēm ădhōnai) “blessed is he who comes (in the name of the Lord)” (Ps. 118:26)

"It was 1989, and there was a big brouhaha that he was so old and gray. Now, we wouldn't think twice about it."

 :: Aaron Krach ::

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