The raucous fracas!

The raucous fracas!

Not again!

Shouts and yells — worthy of any footy crowd — split my tranquil Sunday afternoon. What a raucous fracas! I wait a beat… a brief reprieve, before another sound wave breaks over me.

Blearily peering through my curtains, I spy an energetic, writhing tangle of limbs across my fence. Round ninety-seven — clearly in full swing! Raised voices mingle with sporadic bursts of laughter.

Neighbourhood youngsters rendezvous next-door for yet another rowdy afternoon. 44 Home, they call it… and don’t they love it! One kid grabs another’s shirt… surely it will rip! Bodies launch towards Home Base; punches are angrily lobbed; backslaps exchanged… reset and start again.

At least they’re off the streets... not doing drugs!

My neighbourhood…

I wouldn’t live anywhere else!

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Fracas: noun: a noisy disturbance or quarrel

Origin: from early 18th century Italian fracassare ‘make an uproar’ and French fracasser.

Fracas: singular and plural

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Connection: I love the sound of raucous fracas… largely because my family are often loud, but not obnoxious (I trust)!

I’m less than keen on actual rowdy brawls!

Living on acreage provides a necessary welcome buffer between neighbours… we appreciate their rooster crowing and they weather our occasional noisy but good-natured backyard and board games. What’s a bit of happy noise between friends neighbours! Right?

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Written for Penny Fuller’s: Part F: The A-Z of Unusual Words.

My A-E Entries:

auricomous… Angie’s Antics

brachiotomy

coccineous

defenestration

embrangle