topsy-turvydom

[ top-see-tur-vee-duh m ]

/ ˈtɒp siˈtɜr vi dəm /

a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.

Origin of topsy-turvydom

First recorded in 1875–80; topsy-turvy + -dom

topsmelt, topsoil, topspin, topstitch, topsy-turvy, topsy-turvydom, toque, tor, torah, toran, torbanite

It was necessary, Miss Tredgold assured the girls, to have topsy-turvydom before the reign of order could begin.

Girls of the Forest |L. T. Meade
But despite the topsy-turvydom, we were made welcome, and both Phillips and Smith did their best to entertain.

Across China on Foot |Edwin Dingle
But wherever trees and towns hang head downwards in a pigmy puddle, the sense of Celestial topsy-turvydom is the same.

A Miscellany of Men |G. K. Chesterton
It would be quite a comedy of Irish topsy-turvydom were it not, in fact, such a disastrous tragedy.

Ireland Since Parnell |Daniel Desmond Sheehan

Not a little perplexed was Cynthia at the topsy-turvydom in which that morning she had found her father's house.

The Tavern Knight |Rafael Sabatini