Pilikia

Word of the Day for Saturday, June 30, 2012

Pilikia \pee-lee-KEE-ah\, noun:

Trouble.

After a while this older man spoke: “Remember, we never asked you to cause pilikia. We only asked that you help set things right.”
-- Rodney Morales, When the Shark Bites

Otherwise, pilikia, particularly in the form of illness, will result for the mover.
-- Karen Lee Ito, Lady Friends

Pilikia stems from a Hawaiian word meaning "trouble". 

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