After I finished writing, A Portrait of Success, I opted for the WordPress proofreader to scan my post before publishing. It underlined brouhaha in blue because it is a cliché. I didn’t know that, maybe I should have. How else would I have known about such a word if not from reading it a thousand times on the web? Brouhaha, even saying it sounds like a joke.
Okay, because I’m a junior at Grammar Police, because I laugh and laugh and laugh at the (autocorrect) spelling mistakes of friends, a cliché cannot be found on my blog ever! A passive sentence yes, a cliché, nooo!
I ran to my trusty friend, Google, and typed, synonyms for brouhaha1, while trying not to laugh. Here’s what I found and my comments.
babel
coil
commotion
conturbation
flutteration
hubbub
jumpiness
kerfuffle
moil
nerviness
ruckus
tumultuation
turbidity
zealousness
My 100th post, how time flies! I couldn’t have made it without you, and that is no joke. Thank you for flying with me.
Take lemons, make life & jump for joy!
©Timi Yeseibo 2014
1. Synonyms courtesy of Thesaurasize: http://thesaurasize.com/brouhaha
2. Sokugo: a wandering disease that causes one to undertake a restless journey at its onset. Described by Cyprain Ekwensi in his book, Burning Bush.
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I never knew brouhaha was a cliche. I usually try to avoid cliches like the plague. 🙂
However, some times a word is just right and if it fits you mus acquit.
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Me too. We have WordPress to thank for enlightening us!
I couldn’t agree more with fit and acquit. I stuck with brouhaha. In the end, the “glove” fit perfectly. Was the brouhaha justified? 😉
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Yes it was…:)
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I definitely are never concerned about clichés but don’t feel bad about ‘brouhaha’ since many people can relate to these words and expressions! That is my opinion, since many authors and writers say they admire people who write using their ‘voices’ and others say, ‘find your voice.’ If we use our own ‘voice’ it will include clichés and other funny, quaint and original thoughts! Timi, so proud you have completed your book!! Hugs!
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“If we use our own ‘voice’ it will include clichés and other funny, quaint and original thoughts!”
Good food for thought. As for me, my writing ‘voice’ is different from my speaking ‘voice’.
Book? Well I guess, if I put all my posts together, I’d have a pretty decent book 🙂
Thanks Robin for joining the brouhaha!
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LOL Fun. I avoid archaic on the blog.
(Love your signature. *wink*)
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This was fun to write. What’s life without laughs eh?
Sometimes, I imagine that our grand kids will read our work and think we’re Shakespeare!
@signature, thanks! Story of my life 😉
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Should I comment or wait till I’ve read a few big words and their meaning she said to herself.
She didn’t win as Timiebi decided ” just wish her Happy 100th and stop perambulating ” (see what I did there? No? Okay…)
Cheers to many more inspiring, thought-provoking and funny posts
Happy 100th Timi 🙂
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Hahaha! Reminds me of a phase we went through in secondary school where we wanted to speak ‘big’ grammar. We read our dictionaries and crammed our heads full of big words. Anxious to use one of her stored-up words, a friend said to another girl who’d been walking up and down the corridor, “This your ubiquity is getting too much!” 😀
Perambulate for as long as you like, I don’t mind! Thanks for cheering me on!
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Yay. Happy hundredth. Is that it? Is that the correct greeting
What if I said “Make a brouhaha”
Can I say that too?
Shrug.
Thank you for awesome posts
😀
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Seeing that it’s my 100th and all, you and I can do whatever we want! Make a brouhaha? Sure, where’s the party at? 🙂
Brouhaha is a noun, which means a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.
Thank you for reading!
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See the conturbation (I LOLed at this) this borrowed language is causing. Me, I would have changed the thing to wahala or palava. Cliche my foot. Twitter? Really?
To the next 100 and beyond…
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Hahaha, but at least, it gave me a blog post 😉
Apparently the conturbation on Twitter qualifies twitter as a synonym for brouhaha.
To the next 100 and beyond, yes! Thank you, Ife.
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Ha ha ha! Timi.
You should have consulted Patrick Obahiagbon of Nigeria, the bogus English speaker. He might have been able to help you out😃
Anyway, im happy that im not the only one who checks the dictionary/ google for some English words that insist on coming out from my mouth or through my fingers.
Honestly, you can invent your own English word and stick by it😃😃. Afterall some english rules dont make sense and people with only one head formulated the ones we are using.
Hope ive spoken for every body😃
Big congratulations on your 100th edition!
More grace to your fingers and brain.
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Hi Julienne, after enjoying the joys of dolce far niente and unprecipitateness, I am in consonant with you on this. The English speaker must contrive and deploy words from verisimilar incunabula to aberrate from consuetudinary verbalization and discountenance his assemblage at every turn!
Phew! It’s so much easier to speak simple English 😀
Thank you for flying with me and spurring me on.
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Hey Timi!
Now this is the real brouhaha!😃😄
Im enjoying your posts.
Keep it up.
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Congratulations Timi!
Now, I should catch up with most of these posts already 🙂
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Hi Frances, thank you! My words are for your delectation 😉
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100 posts! Congrats 🙂 I didn’t know it was a cliche either- and I must say, there are some instances, cliche or not, when the word brouhaha fits perfectly. Like, publishing 100 posts is definitely reason for making a brouhaha. That is definitely something, Timi.
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Well, after reviewing the 15 synonyms I found, I went with brouhaha! 🙂
100 posts yay! Definitely worth a grand hullabaloo and saturnalia 😉
Thanks Diahann.
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all of your post needs a good brain practice!
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Oh oh . . . I’ll take that as a high five!
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100th? Congratulations! Coruscating 😀
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So, I ran to my trusty friend and checked out coruscating.
adjective: flashing; sparkling. E.g. “a coruscating kaleidoscope of colours”
brilliant or striking in content or style. E.g. “the play’s coruscating wit”
Thanks Emeka. Such panegyric bunkum 😉 I love it!
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Exquisite-ness is a word
I used it anyways before proving that it is in the dictionary…
About to go find if the word exotic-ness is in the dictionary
Me and my use of English
(will be back)
They are both real words, yay!
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Yay! I write my first draft freely, then I proof and run to the dictionary or thesaurus or both. Sometimes I will use a word that I think I know, and when I check it out, it means the opposite!
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Wow, nice one. You’re finally in your early 100s. 🙂
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How time flies! Couldn’t have made it without you!
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Happy 100! And thanks for a fun and funny post. The conturbation caused flutteration and tumultuation in my twitter feed. What the kerfuffle!
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Hahahaha! Such ruckus, inducing nerviness in those who moil! The turbidity on Twitter must cease! Thanks Nancy 🙂
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Brou-hahahahaha! 😀 Amazing Timi, happy 100th.
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Lol, thanks!
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…..masturbation? 😀
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Uju are you playing fill in the blanks or are you answering Ruhuka’s question? 😉
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Hmm I wonder what ‘conturbation’ sounds like … (Cheeky grin) !
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Ha ha ha! It seems you’ve got help from above! 😉
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mmm…this is interesting formula – I had to read the content and walk very carefully to understand the meaning and its conclusion. This will make someone’s brain to practice!
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Lol@ brain practice! 🙂
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