A fracas on the Metro!
In this article WP writers Martin Weil and Steven Ginsberg struggle to come up with synonyms for "a fist-swinging, hair-pulling brawl." The results are as follows.*
"10 Teens Arrested After Fracas at Metro Station"
"Ten teenage girls were arrested at the Anacostia Metro station yesterday after a fist-swinging, hair-pulling brawl, authorities said . . . Pepper spray was used aboveground to quell the melee . . . The disturbance came after the end of the school day... an Advisory Neighborhood Commission member who lives not far from the station said she was 'truly shocked' to hear about the goings-on."
*According to Thesaurus.com, here are some other words that they could have used: " affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, bickering, brawl, broil, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, feud, flap, fray, free-for-all, hassle, knock-down-drag-out, melee, mix up, quarrel, rhubarb, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, run-in, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, squabble, stew, trouble, tumult, uproar, words."
"10 Teens Arrested After Fracas at Metro Station"
"Ten teenage girls were arrested at the Anacostia Metro station yesterday after a fist-swinging, hair-pulling brawl, authorities said . . . Pepper spray was used aboveground to quell the melee . . . The disturbance came after the end of the school day... an Advisory Neighborhood Commission member who lives not far from the station said she was 'truly shocked' to hear about the goings-on."
*According to Thesaurus.com, here are some other words that they could have used: " affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, bickering, brawl, broil, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, feud, flap, fray, free-for-all, hassle, knock-down-drag-out, melee, mix up, quarrel, rhubarb, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, run-in, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, squabble, stew, trouble, tumult, uproar, words."
posted by Waage on Tuesday, May 03, 2005
1 Comments:
Personally, I'd have gone with brouhaha.
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