bedlam

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Meaning "noise & confusion", it's a contraction of Bethlehem, a London lunatic asylum bedlam $400 J WORD ORIGINS 1988-12-06 #982
Term for total chaos derived from English asylum of St. Mary of Bethlehem bedlam $500 J WORD ORIGINS 1985-03-04 #126
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