My new word for the day is ructions, which is apparently a fairly common term across the pond.

Ructions is perhaps a shortening of insurrection, and means a noisy fight or disturbance. I am told by a British friend that it is used in the plural, although the various online dictionaries seem to define it in the singular.

mmm. it could be from ruccus.. more than one ruccus would be a collection of ruccuses, or ructions..

now i have to go find out what a ruccus is. (i know my sisters and i used to have them.. or cause them..

but then, when i was also told i looked like the wreck of the hesperous when my blouse was pulled out from the waist band of my skirt..

Hmm... why does this remind me of burping?

Because you live in upstate New York. That's quite sufficient explanation ...

> Ructions is perhaps a shortening of insurrection

So I see a dictionary speculates, but I would have thought it's infinitely more likely to come from destruction in its singular form, and then post facto to have gained the plural form by addition of the final /s/. However, I'd be interested to hear what the OED has on this WAG [grumblegrumble]

Of obscure origin, but in the 1831 cite, connected with insurrection.

Because you live in upstate New York. That's quite sufficient explanation ...

Well, we *do have good beer here, even by Brit or Belgian standards.

Well, we *do have good beer here, even by Brit or Belgian standards.

I'd like to believe you, Betsy, I really would. But ...