kerfuffle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• curfuffle
• kafuffle
• kerfluffle
• kurfuffle

[edit] Etymology

Early 19th cent.: probably from Scots curfuffle < fuffle or related to Irish cior thual (confusion, disorder).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kəˈfʌfəl/
• (US) IPA: /kɚˈfʌfəl/
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  Rhymes: -ʌfəl

[edit] Noun

kerfuffle (plural kerfuffles)

1. (British, Canadian) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.

   When she aired her views, she caused a bit of a kerfuffle at the meeting.

[edit] Quotations

• 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”

  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, and how you can’t be bothered to find out because wasting even a fraction of your brainpower on those bright orange clueless dicksplats would make you just as bad as them and you’d feel duty-bound to fling yourself under an industrial threshing machine as penance? You do? Good.

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