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bordel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brothel noun A house where people pay for sex with prostitutes.
  • clutter verb To fill a space with an untidy mass of objects.
  • mess noun A dirty, untidy, or disorganized state of things; also, a difficult or awkward situation.
  • pigsty noun A pen where pigs are kept.
  • shambles noun A scene of complete disorder, mess, or chaos.
  • SNAFU noun A confused, chaotic mess or a major mistake, especially one caused by miscommunication or poor planning.

Senses

bordel is used for these senses in English:

  • SNAFU A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
  • Wild West (by extension) A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.
  • brothel A house of prostitution.
  • clutter (uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
  • damn it (mildly, profane) An expression of surprise, outrage, or frustration.
  • hoo-ha A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.
  • mess a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
  • pigsty (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.

clutter — full definition

  1. verb To fill a space with an untidy mass of objects.
  2. noun An untidy collection of things scattered around a space.

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