Plural of conundrum; confusing or puzzling questions, problems, or situations with difficult or unclear answers.
From 'conundrum' (a riddle or puzzle), possibly from pseudo-Latin 'conundrum' or Oxford University slang from the 1600s. The origin is debated but may be intentionally nonsensical wordplay.
Conundrums are the puzzles that keep you up at night—they're not just hard, they're confusingly hard. The word itself sounds like a riddle, which is fitting, and it became popular in Victorian word games and logic puzzles.
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