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A.Word.A.Day--hullabaloo

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).]

See more usage examples of hullabaloo in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

-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.

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