pandemonium ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm noun
: a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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The word pandemonium has appeared in 52 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 9 in “New York City’s Kettlebell Shortage: ‘People Are Kind of Freaking Out’” by Aaron Randle:
When the coronavirus forced Americans indoors — out of offices, away from grocery stores and off public transit — gyms under went an economy-rattling shift.
Suddenly fitness enthusiasts were forced to reimagine not only where they could work out, but how. People snapped up benches, resistance bands, dumbbells and kettlebells. In New York, the demand led to a citywide shortage of workout equipment.
“People are kind of freaking out,” said Jahkeen Washington, co-owner of JTW Fit, a boutique gym in Central Harlem. “They feel like all of the hard work they’ve been putting in for so long is at risk of going to waste.”
….“It’s pandemonium,” said Ed Pryst, the chief sales officer of Gym Source, a New Jersey-based workout equipment retailer with several offices in New York. “I’ve been in the business for 30 years and I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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