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kerfuffle

noun /kəˈfʌfəl/

  1. A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.

    informal

    You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act[…]

Where it comes from

Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry kerfuffle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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