Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-Webster, is a fancy way to describe chaos or confusion. It’s rarely spoken in everyday English parlance, but has greater usage in the Francosphere.

The phrase has its roots in a Hebrew phrase that actually means “without form and void,” with the “tohu” part meaning formlessness and the “bohu” part corresponding to “emptiness.” Another way to say the word is “tohu-wa-bohu.” In context, tohubohu was used to describe the state of the Earth and by extension the universe immediately before God brought light into it, specifically in the book of Genesis, verse 2.