Quagmire

Pronounced: kwag-mire

Definition: 1. Land with a soft muddy surface.

2. A difficult or precarious situation; predicament.

Also for you Family Guy fans out there it has a very different meaning as it is the name of one of the characters in the show :)

Origin: The word dates back to 1570-80.

Used in sentence: I was driving along late for a meeting and there was a tree blocking the main road this put me in a quagmire.


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