Word of the Day - Hugger-mugger

[Jace]

Hugger-mugger....n (no kidding,, it's in the dictionary )

Def.: Disorderly, muddle, confusion, secrecy, concealment

Sometimes things can be quite hugger-mugger.

 

[Jules]

Hugger-mugger would be an apt description of my mind some mornings.

 

[Kaila]

My cat is quite the hugger-mugger.

(oh, oops. That would not be the proper usage of that word! Sorry! )

 

[ohioboy]

If I am in the arms of a hugger, I hope he is not a mugger!

 

[Right Now]

The hugger-mugger state of my bedclothes this morning spoke of a restless night.

 

[Kaila]

Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill,

And likewise;

Let's try not to turn a minor conundrum,

into a major hugger-mugger!

 

[Alligatorob]

“Hugger-mugger”, sometimes expressed as “huggermugger,” was a common word in Shakespeare’s time. Shakespeare used it in Hamlet. In Act 4 scene 5, after Hamlet has killed Polonius, and Polonius has been buried in secret, the king, Claudius, begins to realise that doing that secretly was a mistake, given that Polonius had two children, one of whom, Laertes, is bound to be a problem. Claudius admits to Gertrude that burying him in secret was an unwise act:

“We have done but greenly, / In hugger-mugger to inter him.”

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/blog/hugger-mugger/

 

[MarkinPhx]

Wow, I thought the definition was going to be one of those people who like to hug you every time they see you. The true definition also describes my mind in the evening.

 

[Ruthanne]

He had too many beers and thus was plagued by hugger-muggerness.

 

[Mizmo]

He was distressed at her hugger mugger appearance so he gave her a shot of whiskey to calm her down.