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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Haboob #169302 07/19/2007 2:41 PM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Montana/Minnesota ClaudiaRS stranger ClaudiaRS stranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Montana/Minnesota Seeing today's word I immediatly thought of the word "hubbub" -"a confused sound of many voices; a tumult; uproar." Could the origin of "hubbub" be "haboob"? A sandstorm is definitly a tumultuous uproar and can sound like many voices shouting! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Haboob ClaudiaRS 07/19/2007 2:41 PM Re: Haboob tsuwm 07/19/2007 3:14 PM Re: Haboob ClaudiaRS 07/19/2007 3:25 PM Re: Haboob wow 07/19/2007 4:14 PM Re: Haboob sjmaxq 07/19/2007 8:57 PM Re: Haboob Zed 07/20/2007 8:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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