tohubohu

noun

to·​hu·​bo·​hu

¦tōˌhü¦bōˌhü

plural -s

: chaos, confusion

bringing order out of the tohubohu of human relations

—Walter Lippmann

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew tōhū wā-bhōhū without form and void, from tōhū formlessness, confusion + bōhū emptiness

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