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  • n  a state of confusion and disorderliness
    the house was a mess
  • n  informal terms for a difficult situation
  • n  soft semiliquid food
    a mess of porridge
  • n  a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
  • n  a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
  • n  (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • v  eat in a mess hall
  • v  make a mess of or create disorder in
    He messed up his room

  • Abrahamson, a scholar of organizational behavior who admits to being a bit of a mess, says the costs of maintaining order are often overlooked.
  • Becoming a real mess? When was it ever NOT a real mess? I think we should withdraw, and we should bribe warlords to keep them in line.
  • We are not cleaning up our own mess.
News & Articles

  • Semi Rollover in Salt Lake County Leaves Mess on Roadway
    (KUTV) A semi rollover in Salt Lake County slowed traffic during rush hour and left a mess on the roadway. The tanker was hauling asphalt slurry seal when the driver lost control, causing the truck to roll onto its side around 5:30pm Monday. Some of the slurry leaked onto I-215 near 4700 South. ...
    June 18, 2013 - KUTV Salt Lake City
  • Walter Mess | WW II American spy, 98
    Walter Mess, 98, an American spy who captained a speedboat that ferried agents to and from secret missions in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II, died May 26 in Alexandria, Va. The cause was end-stage chronic renal failure, said his son, Walter Mess Jr.
    June 17, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Walter Mess, ‘taxi driver’ of World War II spies
    Walter Mess, an American spy who captained a speedboat that ferried agents to and from secret missions in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II, died May 26 in Alexandria, Va. He was 98.        
    June 16, 2013 - Boston Globe
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in The Associated Press
    This is a choice between the policies that led us into the mess or the policies that are leading us out of the mess,Obama said at a rally for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "It's a choice between falling backward and moving forward."

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