- catawampus, adjective. Askew; awry; positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.
- catty-corner, adjective, diagonal (catawampus) and adverb, diagonally.
- discombobulate, verb. To confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate.
- fluky, adjective. Obtained by chance rather than skill; uncertain, as a wind.
- flummoxed, adjective. Perplexed or bewildered.
- hackneyed, adjective. Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal.
- gobbledygook, noun. Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.
- helter-skelter, adverb. In disorderly haste or confusion.
- higgledy-piggledy, adjective. Confused; jumbled.
- higgledy-piggledy, adverb. In a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
- malarkey, noun. Speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum.
- offbeat, adjective. Differing from the usual or expected; unconventional; unusual.
- poppycock, noun. Nonsense; bosh.
- rigmarole, noun. An elaborate or complicated procedure.
- throughother, adverb and adjective. So as to be mingled or mixed together; esp. in a disorderly or confused way, higgledy-piggledy.
- topsy-turvy, adverb. With the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- zigzag, noun. A line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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Friday, November 29, 2019
In “other” words, catawampus to zigzag
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