topsy-turvydom

American  

[top-see-tur-vee-duhm] / ˈtɒp siˈtɜr vi dəm /

noun

1. a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.

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Etymology

Origin of topsy-turvydom

First recorded in 1875–80; topsy-turvy + -dom

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Example Sentences

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topsy-turvydom

Last week the American College of Allergists met in Chicago to hear the latest reports from topsy-turvydom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sullivan, for all the delirious ridiculousness inherent in his music, had long been chafing at Gilbert's contagiously ridiculous topsy-turvydom.

From Time Magazine Archive

He himself was fonder of his serious comedies than of his triumphant excursions into topsy-turvydom.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the moment Mr. Gilbert turned his back upon topsy-turvydom and Sullivan approached the frontiers of grand opera.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland

But wherever trees and towns hang head downwards in a pigmy puddle, the sense of Celestial topsy-turvydom is the same.

From A Miscellany of Men by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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