Shemozzle (Noun)
Meaning
(Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The family reunion turned into a complete shemozzle with everyone arguing and not enough seating.
- The construction project has been a shemozzle from the start, with delays and cost overruns piling up.
- The plot of the novel was a delightful shemozzle of mistaken identities and tangled relationships.
- After the office reorganization, the whole place was a shemozzle, with no one knowing their new roles or responsibilities.
- Trying to get the permits and approvals for the new business was a bureaucratic shemozzle that took months to untangle.