India, Feb. 26 -- Words are not just a way of communicating they also carry history within them. Some words are born out of historical events and carry forward their dark legacy and help us express the chaos and confusion the time or place experienced. Today's Word of the Day is one such term that has a dark past but has been used recently to describe chaos.

US government workers have been left in a limbo to after DOGE boss Elon Musk asked them to explain their work during the week or risk losing their job. The uproar and confusion which was caused within the US federal government after the email was described by one worker to CNN in a simple sentence - "It's bedlam."

Bedlam, pronounced as bed-luhm, refers to a scene of chaos and confus...