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    [Noun]  | "sham*bles" | \ ˈsham-bəlz \


    1: a meat market

    2: slaughterhouse

    3: a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English shameles, plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar;

    [Verb]  | "sham*ble" | \ ˈsham-bəl \


    1: to walk awkwardly with dragging feet : shuffle


    Origin: 1717 ;

     Shamble bowed, malformed;

    [Plural noun]  | "shambles" 


    1: a dirty or messy place;


      * e.g., " ... this room is a shambles—clean it up right now! "





    2: a state in which everything is out of order;


      * e.g., " ... the earthquake left the whole town in a shambles "



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    [Verb]  | "shambles" 


    1: to move heavily or clumsily;


      * e.g., " ... disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room "





    [Verb]  | "shamble" 


    1: to move heavily or clumsily;


      * e.g., " ... disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room "





     [ "shambles" ]

    1: when an event degenerates into a random, confusing state; a complete mess.

      * e.g.,  ... tonight has officially become a shambles 

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: Word used to describe an individual after a particularly shameful performance, generally influenced by alcoholic intake.

      * e.g.,  ... Gregor, you were a shambles last night. 

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: To be in shambles.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude you were crazy last night. You were in shambles." 


     [ "shambles" ]

    2: Another way to say drunk or wasted.

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: 1)Chaos, Disorder, Poorly Organised, Worthless

      * e.g.,  ... 1) It was a complete and utter shambles 


     [ "shambles" ]

    2: 2)A way of walking

      * e.g.,  ... 2 & 5) Look at him as he shambles along like that 


     [ "shambles" ]

    3: 3)A butcher's slaughterhouse

      * e.g.,  ... 3 & 4) Lets go & get some meat from the shambles 


     [ "shambles" ]

    4: 4)A Meatseller's Table


     [ "shambles" ]

    5: 5)Legs Like a Meatseller's Table

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: being in an state of absolute confusion and stupidity

      * e.g.,  ... “hey did you see her face when her lunchbox blew up in her face?” “she was in absolute shambles lol” 

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: an irish curse used when calling shotgun. can be used with the shotgun call "shotgun, no shambles" or if not used "shotgun", a second person can call shambles and they get shotty.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Shotgun, no shambles 

     [ "shambles" ]

    1:  A word used by idiots who think they'll sound intelligent if they use it in a sentence.

      * e.g.,  ... "Aye, those Europeans left Africa in shambles." 


     [ "shambles" ]

    2:  The state in which Africa was left after the Europeans had their way with them.

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: A plural noun, which is treated as singular in construction of sentences, that has connotations of disorder, particularly when as a result of willful indiscipline.

      * e.g.,  ... How did that shambles ever get on the air? 

     [ "shambles" ]

    1: A disorganised situation which comes about in an organisation because the shower who call themselves management didn't or couldn't think ahead so didn't see it coming.

      * e.g.,  ... When X and Y were away from the office at the same time, no one knew how to answer the phone turning everything into a shambles but it wasn't a complete shambles as email still worked. 


     [ "shambles" ]

    2: The simplest form of 'shambles' which could have been foreseen by any 12 year old.

     [ "Shambly" ]

    1: Adjective. The state of being where one's life is in "shambles." Typically occurs the morning after fraternity parties or during exam weeks.

      * e.g.,  ... That girl looked quite shambly on her walk of shame this morning. 

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