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kerfuffle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do |
| Type of | disorder |
| Has types | earthquake, garboil, incident, splash, stir, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, turmoil, upheaval, convulsion, uproar |
Examples of kerfuffle
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Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was staged in Paris, to an almighty kerfuffle.
From the independent.co.uk
Since the GoDaddy kerfuffle, SOPA has gained traction as the hacker cause du jour.
From the techcrunch.com
And unless that happens, Smith's letter will be a short-lived media kerfuffle.
From the forbes.com
I'll give him credit for coming up with a pithy name for this whole kerfuffle.
From the scienceblogs.com
The Swedish kerfuffle is now one more event to pile on the calls for reforms.
From the businessweek.com
The census will, of course, set off some sort of kerfuffle over immigration.
From the economist.com
The whole kerfuffle has certainly highlighted the inadequacy of the succession laws.
From the economist.com
I don't understand the kerfuffle over the new University of California logo.
From the latimes.com
That led to the little legal kerfuffle known as United States v. Microsoft.
From the time.com
- Disturbance: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- Kerfuffle are a four-piece English folk band originally formed in 2001 around the East Midlands and South Yorkshire regions of the UK, comprising Hannah James (accordion, piano, vocals, step dancing), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, percussion), Jamie Roberts (guitars), and Tom Sweeney (bass guitar).
- Noun. A commotion or fuss. Also occasionally spelt cafuffle, cufuffle and curfuffle. {Informal}
- Similar to brouhaha; a chaotic situation which is usually negative in nature; a loud or heated dispute.
- Tracy used this term in a comment and I rather enjoyed it. And then Kathy wrote about under used words and this one showed up again. These things happened within a few days of each other and I took that as a sign from Heaven above that the word needs to be used liberally.
- An uproar, mild scandal.
