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Friday, November 12, 2004

Turbid

from Dictionary.com

turbid \TUR-bid\, adjective:
1. Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
2. Thick; dense; dark; -- used of clouds, air, fog, smoke, etc.
3. Disturbed; confused; disordered.

Turbid comes from Latin turbidus, "confused, disordered," from turba, "disturbance, commotion."


Thick, dense, dark, distrubed, confused, disordered - who knew one word could encapsulate the state of the US in this place and time.

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