Balagan

The native Kamschatdales have two kinds of houses of indigenous architecture -- one for summer, the "balagan," and another to which they retire during the winter, called the "jourt." ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

A gripping tale of all the balagan [chaos] that goes on in Ajami: relations between Jewish and Arab neighbours, West Bankers and Israeli Arabs, Christians and Muslims, and everything in between. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I’m a major fan and multiyear devotee, despite the balagan of long lines and anxious ticket holders. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So far, this is a case where I hope gay-rights activists and true liberals -- those who believe in liberty -- will take a deep breath before joyfully exploiting the bathroom balagan as an additional reason to oppose the Senator. ❋ Debra W. Haffner (2007)

The Sandmonkey has made a very interesting post about the current balagan mess and the comments are also very worth a read. ❋ Yael K (2006)

***The censors now allow the following: There was an almost balagan. ❋ Yael K (2006)

Work was a balagan on so many levels but I'll only discuss one of them and that is that I had to cancel my class because the powerpoint projector wouldn't work on any of the computers available and what they needed to see to understand was on the powerpoint. ❋ Yael K (2006)

While, without a doubt before this latest balagan you would find Israeli voices who call for the expulsion of our Arab citizens or for a scorched earth policy in Gaza but those voices are few and roundly condemned by the majority of Israelis. ❋ Yael K (2006)

Since this balagan began, in addition to the IDF dropping fliers warning Lebanese citizens to leave areas in danger of coming under attack, our arabic-language radio stations have also been broadcasting the warnings in the hopes of reaching those who are hunkered down in their homes listening to the news on the radio and thus who might not have seen the fliers. ❋ Yael K (2006)

Because of the attack on the Pentagon, the whole area was in such balagan that he could not get through to me on that line. ❋ Yael K (2006)

Step-by-Step: Making Aliyah to Israel: What a balagan! ❋ Yael K (2006)

Their return to the snug shelter of the _balagan_ is simply an instinct of self-preservation: for the sagacious animals well know, that in winter the lakes and streams will be completely frozen over, and were they to remain abroad, they would absolutely perish either from hunger or cold. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The balagan is constructed of poles and thatch upon a raised platform -- to which the ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

A hole at the apex is intended for the chimney, but it is also the door: Since there is no other mode of entrance into the jourt, and the interior is reached by descending a notched tree trunk -- similar to that used in climbing up to the balagan. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

On these rafters are laid the joists, and the whole being covered with turf, constitutes the platform or floor of the _balagan_. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

"We start a big balagan," or mess, said Angela Maddahi, an office manager. ❋ By JOAN NATHAN (2010)

Mensch, bentsh, and balagan: Variation in the American Jewish linguistic repertoire ❋ Callier Library (2010)

"For political reasons we let the [Arabs] attack on [Yom Kippur]? [Balagan]!" ❋ PeriSoft (2005)