topsy-turvyness


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Noun1.topsy-turvyness - a state of extreme confusion and disordertopsy-turvyness - a state of extreme confusion and disorder
confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
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Not all bus passengers can be described as 'zen', but the most regular bus users know how to handle the topsy-turvyness.
Melanie Wiliamson's colours and zany shapes picture this topsy-turvyness perfectly: Hodder, 5.99 [pound sterling], 978 0 340 99643 0.