Friday, October 16, 2015

Word of the Day

donnybrook
\DON-ee-brook\

noun
1. (often initial capital letter) an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.

Quotes
The crime reporter told the story in a high-pitched nasal voice that was nearly as grating as the sound of the donnybrook the Dunphys' were having downstairs.
-- Scott Phillips, The Adjustment, 2011

Origin
Donnybrook came to English in the mid-1800s and references the types of brawls commonly seen at the Donnybrook Fair, held in the Donnybrook district of Dublin, Ireland.

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