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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--tohubohu This week's theme: odd-looking words. tohubohu (TOH-hoo-BO-hoo) noun Chaos; confusion. [From Hebrew tohu wa-bhohu, from tohu (formlessness) and bhohu (emptiness).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Our problem is tohubohu. Our industry is drowning in it. But somehow, even with all the confusion and disorder, we manage to develop systems." Jerrold Grochow; Take a Little Tohubohu Off the Top; Software Magazine (Englewood, Colorado); Nov 1995. X-Bonus "Hey, it's '007," as James Bond said, "Cheers!" -Sacha Molitorisz, columnist (1969- ), in Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 3, 2007

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