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Imbroglio
I just came across this word in this post and had never heard of it, but I'm now in love with it so I decided to share.
/imˈbrōlyō/
- a confused mass
- an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel)
- an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
- a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment
- scandal ("survived the political imbroglio")
- an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation ("the Watergate imbroglio")





That picture is fantastic.
Thank you! It actually made it very difficult to post because I couldn't figure out what image to use for such an abstract concept, and Google image search on that word failed me. But then I searched for "tangled mess" instead and found plenty of inspiration. Glad you approve of my choice!
I love this word, and the pic you used is perfect
As someone who's worked in server rooms before, that photo is the stuff of nightmares.
Apology post to balance out:
Beautiful
That is like no server I have ever seen.
Boy, does this ever fit the chaos going on in the White House.
Haha, yup, I first came across the word when reading an article describing recent goings on in the administration. Very fitting.
This is one of my favourite words.
Ah yes, I've not used this one in a good while. Thanks for the reminder!
I love this word!
I know! It's so great. I just love everything about it. How it sounds, what it describes, how perfectly those two things go together. It's like the perfect pairing to "embroiled." Embroiled in an imbroglio.