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• n  a state of extreme confusion and disorder
• n  pejorative terms for an insane asylum

• But this is hardly a reprise of the 2005 riots that swept France's blighted suburban housing projects: The current bedlam is taking place at the center of some of France's largest .
• For a whole day Washington's Union Station was bedlam as troops of grinning boys in uniform piled off trains accompanied by young Scout Masters.
• Instantly the auditorium was a bedlam.

• chaos
• pandemonium
• topsy-turvydom
• topsy-turvyness
• Bedlam
• booby hatch
• crazy house
• cuckoo's nest
• funny farm
• funny house
• loony bin
• madhouse
• nut house
• nuthouse
• sanatorium
• snake pit

News & Articles

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• No doubt about Bedlam's place for OSU
  Oklahoma State's Bedlam victory in 2011 might have been one of the most cathartic wins for a program I've seen in a long time in college football. It was a combination of building a program on top of Boone Pickens' cash, escaping underneath the thumb of in-state rival Oklahoma, winning a Big 12 title and the first time out on the field after one of the toughest days in OSU history (see Scott ...
  June 10, 2013 - ESPN Blogs
• MIKE NIETO: Mount Carmel's Jason Gasser doubles his pleasure in football, now baseball
  JOLIET | Amid the bedlam, backslapping, hugging and smiling faces, Mount Carmel senior Jason Gasser stood at the pitcher's mound and soaked up the moment.
  June 9, 2013 - The Times of Northwest Indiana
• Bob Stoops agrees with Mike Gundy’s transfer restrictions on former QB Wes Lunt
  The Bedlam rivalry is one of the fiercest in the country, but the two programs — or at least their coaches — might have more in common than they think. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops told a group at an Oklahoma … Continue reading ?
  June 6, 2013 - Dr. Saturday via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Ryan Howard in USA Today
  It will be absolute bedlam,Howard said of a Phillies' possible title. "It will be one of the craziest places on Earth. It's kind of scary to imagine."
• Mike Gundy in Mineral Wells Index
  If I was to not say winning here makes (Bedlam) week a lot more fun, (the media) would have to look at me like I was crazy, and I've done that before,Gundy said. "It makes practice more enjoyable, picks up everybody's spirit and obviously...
• Travis Ford in Tulsa World
  I've got a lot of respect for OU and a lot of respect for (coach) Jeff Capel,Ford said. "Both teams played hard (in Bedlam I), they were at their place, they scored more points so they deserved to win. You can throw everything out the door...