alboroto

/alboˈɾoto/ · B2 · noun · m

bustle

📢🔥 sounds like 'all bore-rotor' — a rotor so loud nobody's bored, just uproar

Alboroto comes from Arabic al-buruz (the announcement/proclamation), via 'alborotar'. Link it to al-BOR-oto: a loud public announcement stirring up a crowd into a commotion, ruckus, or uproar.

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