Monday, October 15, 2012

Adventures in Logophilia Day 31: katzenjammer (Jillian)

The word for Day 31 is...


Katzenjammer (noun) is distress, depression or confusion resembling that caused by a hangover; a discordant clamor.  It is a German word constructed of "cats" and "distress", so it could conceivably refer to the mess left behind by an overly curious cat longing for attention, as well as a pounding headache or a panic attack.  Perhaps all three at once.

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