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QUAGMIRE

–noun
1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness.
3. anything soft or flabby.

Origin: 1570–80; quag + mire
Related forms: quagmiry, adjective
Synonyms: predicament, dilemma, quandary, scrape, jam.
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  1. The quagmire of my financial indebtness is causing a quagmire of my thighs....as all I do is sit and type for hours, trying to make money to deliver me from the quagmire of my financial indebtedness. =)

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