Pother

Pronounced:
<pa-thur>

My use:
You're wandering about the place in a pother after the phone call from your brother. What is wrong?

Means:
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. A state of nervousness.

Literary:
Coming on with a terrible pother. ---Wordsworth.

Memory trick:
pot . ther

pot (reminds of) potter or to disturb
ther (reminds of) there
to potter there

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