pandemonium

Noun

pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)

1. A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
   • Whatever all this pandemonium means, I suppose the police station will help us.1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259
   • I shall go round to the office and complain. I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Belting: these mansions are becoming a pandemonium, sir, a veritable pandemonium.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   chaos, bedlam

2. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
   • Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

   Synonyms:

   outburst, uproar

3. (collective) A group of parrots
   • Clara laughed-"I know!"-and told her about the pandemoniums of parrots that live in the treetops above Los Angeles.2021, Mary Fifield, Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene, Black LAwrence Press
   • Seen a wild pandemonium of parrots lately? Report it immediately.2024 March 22, DWeisman, “Tracking the wild parrots of San Diego County”, in The Escondido Grapevine