Words to live by....

Quite often we experience events in our lives that require accurate words to represent them. You wouldn't want to incorrectly describe a simple mishap as a calamity, would you? For this reason, I give you Degrees of Incident (in increasing gradations of concern):

• disappointment
• mishap
• quandary
• hullabaloo
• predicament
• dilemma
• brouhaha
• calamity
• debacle
• fiasco
• maelstrom
• tragedy
• catastrophe
• disaster

Thanks to Ernest for inspiration