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Mar 9, 2012 This week's theme Slang This week's words phat goo-goo props glom shambolic This week's comments AWADmail 506 Next week's theme 18-letter words to mark Wordsmith.org's octodecennial Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg shambolic PRONUNCIATION: (sham-BOL-ik) MEANING: adjective: Chaotic, disorganized, or confused. ETYMOLOGY: From shambles (a state of disorder). Earliest documented use: 1970. USAGE: "Music critic Glenn A Baker says Whitney Houston's shambolic tour of Australia in 2010 highlighted her personal struggles." Whitney Houston's death 'tragic, but no surprise'; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Feb 12, 2012. Explore "shambolic" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)

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