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shambolic Definition


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shambles
singular noun
    1. colloq
      A confused mess or muddle; a state of total disorder.
      Example: The whole event was a shambles
      Thesaurus: disarray, confusion, mess, hodge-podge, muddle, wreck, bedlam, confusion; Antonym: order.
    2. A meat market.
    3. A slaughterhouse.
    4. A scene or place of slaughter or carnage.
Derivative: shambolic
adj
    colloq
    Totally disorganized; chaotic.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scamel stool, from Latin scamellum, diminutive of scamnum a bench.



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