tS=Next was the six-hour delay spent eating stale rolls and drinking expensive coffee amid the <b>detritus</b> of hundreds of other travelers.<br><br>I waded through the <b>detritus</b> of last night's dinner party, wishing I hadn't said "Oh that's okay, I'll deal with it in the mornnig."&tQ=<b>Detritus</b> means:&tC=Debris|Confusion|Noise|Throng|Impatience&cC=1&fB=<b>Detritus</b> means debris. In a technical sense geologists use it to refer to an accumulation of small fragments, such as sand or silt worn away from rock. <b>Detritus</b> is pronounced duh-TRIED-uhs.
