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Jan 19, 2017
This week’s themeWords borrowed from other languages This week’s words satori hegira pronunciamento bobbery camorra 
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with Anu Gargbobbery
PRONUNCIATION:
(BOB-uh-ree)
MEANING:
noun: Squabble; commotion; confusion.
ETYMOLOGY:
A corruption of Hindi “bap re” (literally, oh father!), an exclamation of
surprise, grief, etc., from bap (father) + re (oh). Earliest documented
use: 1816.
USAGE:
“The whole bobbery, which has simmered for years, will finally come to
a boil on Tuesday.” Peter Fimrite; Feng Shui a Sausalito Voter Issue; San Francisco Chronicle; Feb 27, 2002. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other
countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where
reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with
violence. -Bill Maher, comedian, actor, and writer (b. 1956)
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