Word of the Day for Friday, December 2, 2011
bobbery \BOB-uh-ree\, noun:
A disturbance or a brawl.
The B.O. is in his zone when there is a bobbery involving SEIU union thugs beating down anyone disagreeing with them!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
“Allow me, Mr. Ivolgin,” Ippolit suddenly interrupted, irritably, “what's all this bobbery for, if I may ask...”-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Kicked up the most delightful bobbery that had ever been witnessed!-- Anthony Trollope, Is He Popenjoy? A Novel
Bobbery, unexpectedly, is from the Hindu phrase bap re meaning “O father!” It was first recorded in print in 1816 in The Grand Master.
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