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maelstrom
\MAYL-struhm\, noun:
1. A large, powerful, or destructive whirlpool.
2. Something resembling a maelstrom; a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of affairs.
“One morning Norma found herself ensnared in a violent maelstrom of staplers, manilla envelopes, and ink cartridges. It turned out, however, that she was just an office supplies manager for a law firm in Passaic, as she had been every day for the last thirteen miserable years.”
“Next up on the WLXU Pittsburgh’s 'Battle of the Bands' we have a band called Maelstrom, followed by Maelstrom II, Maelstrom’s Revenge, Maelstrom: The Reckoning, Maels + Trom = Maelstrom, and last but not least, Better than Maelstrom."
1. A large, powerful, or destructive whirlpool.
2. Something resembling a maelstrom; a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of affairs.
“One morning Norma found herself ensnared in a violent maelstrom of staplers, manilla envelopes, and ink cartridges. It turned out, however, that she was just an office supplies manager for a law firm in Passaic, as she had been every day for the last thirteen miserable years.”
“Next up on the WLXU Pittsburgh’s 'Battle of the Bands' we have a band called Maelstrom, followed by Maelstrom II, Maelstrom’s Revenge, Maelstrom: The Reckoning, Maels + Trom = Maelstrom, and last but not least, Better than Maelstrom."
posted by Matt | 4/11/2008
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