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Dec 18, 2009
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with Anu Gargpother
PRONUNCIATION:
(POTH-uhr)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A commotion or fuss.
2. Mental turmoil.
3. A smothering cloud of dust or smoke.verb tr.: To confuse or worry someone. verb intr.: To worry or fuss. ETYMOLOGY:
Of unknown origin.
USAGE:
"Very little will change whether that appointee is Caroline Kennedy
or someone else. So why all the pother?"Ed Quillen; Expanded Non-story Season; Denver Post; Dec 28, 2008. See more usage examples of pother in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
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