23 September 2016

hullabaloo

[huhl-uh-buh-loo]

noun, plural hullabaloos.

1. a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.

Origin of hullabaloo

Scots

1750-1760; apparently variant of haloobaloo, rhyming compound based on Scots baloo lullaby

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Examples from the Web for hullabaloo

Contemporary Examples

Chris Christie is taking all the hullabaloo about his body fat in stride.
Give Chris Christie a Break on His Weight
Michelle Cottle
February 7, 2013

Yet for all the hullabaloo about outside groups, the race may simply come down to old-fashioned retail politics.
Nebraska’s GOP Cage Match
Ben Jacobs
March 20, 2014

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Today’s quote

No matter how busy you think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

– Confucius

On this day

23 September 63BC – birth of Augustus Caesar, founder of the Roman Empire and first Roman Emperor. Died 19 August 14 AD.

23 September 1122 – The Concordat of Worms, sometimes known as Pactum Calixtinum, which was an agreement between Pope Calixtinum and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, near the City of Worms, to end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Emperors by granting Kings the right to grant Bishops in their territories with secular authority, but not sacred authority. Bishops then swore allegiance to the King and the Pope. The Kings could also call on them for military support.

23 September 1215 – birth of Kublai Khan, of the Mongol Empire. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan. In 1271, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Empire ruling over modern-day Mongolia, China and Korea. He became the first non-Chinese Emperor to conquer all of China. Died 18 February 1294.

23 September 1913 – French aviator Roland Garros, becomes the first person to fly across the Mediterranean Sea.

23 September 1918 – Birth of Faith Bandler. Australian civil rights activist. Her father was from Vanuatu. Her mother of Scottish-Indian descent. Campaigned for the rights of indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. She was a leader in the 1967 referendum on aboriginal Australians. She was involved with the Aboriginal–Australian Fellowship and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1984 and Companion of the Order of Australia in 2009. Died 12 February 2015.

23 September 1949 – birth of Bruce Springsteen (a.k.a. The Boss), American rocker.