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My word is distorted by noisy and disorderly behaviour (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rowdyism

'noisy and disorderly behaviour' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'my word is distorted' is the wordplay.
'distorted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'my'+'word'+'is'='mywordis'
'mywordis' is an anagram of 'ROWDYISM'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rowdyism that I've seen before include "Unruly behaviour" , "bad behaviour" , "yobbish behaviour" , "Noisy and disorderly behaviour" , "Disorderliness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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