Tohuwabohu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew תוהו ובוהו, from תֹהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtoːhuvaˈboːhu/
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Noun

Tohuwabohu n (strong, genitive Tohuwabohus, plural Tohuwabohus)

  1. chaos
    • 1984, Jörg Fauser, chapter 4, in Rohstoff, Berlin: Alexander Verlag, →ISBN, page 21:
      Im Sommer fielen die Franzosen und die Österreicher in Istanbul ein. Horden von Hippies aus Wien und Paris, Tirol und der Bretagne, die die intime Atmosphäre, die bisher geherrscht hatte, in ein angeblich libertäres Tohuwabohu verwandelten.
      In the summer, the French and the Austrians invaded Istanbul. Hordes of hippies from Vienna and Paris, Tyrol, and Brittany, transformed the intimate atmosphere that had prevailed up to now into allegedly libertarian chaos.

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