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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Megillah
Description: Megillah is a noun that refers to an elaborate, complicated production.
Coming directly from the Hebrew word for ‘scroll,’ our word of the day began to refer to a long-winded story. In English it is generally used to mean a complicated set of arrangements.
We all thought bringing the family to the ballgame would be simple, but it wound up being a complex Megillah. I’m just glad nobody got lost.