Morass (noun)
muh-ras
any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself.
Morass entered English in the late 1400s, from the Dutch word moeras, an alteration of the word moer, “marsh.”
Example sentences
“I was stuck in this emotional morass, and it happened every time he left for a few days!”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
