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kerfuffle

noun

ker·​fuf·​fle kər-ˈfə-fəl How to pronounce kerfuffle (audio)
plural kerfuffles
informal
: a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict
In all the kerfuffle, nobody seemed to have noticed Harry, which suited him perfectly. J. K. Rowling
It's not the only school with dress code issues; almost every week there's a local story about some kerfuffle over what kids wear to school. Belinda Luscombe

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The Evolution of Kerfuffle

Fuffle was first used in Scottish English, as early as the 16th century, as a verb meaning "to dishevel." The addition of the prefix car- (possibly derived from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning "wrong" or "awkward") didn't change the meaning of the word considerably. In the 19th century carfuffle, with its variant curfuffle, became a noun, and in the 20th century it was embraced by a broader population of English speakers and standardized to kerfuffle. There is some dispute among language historians over how the altered spelling came to be favored. One theory holds that it might have been influenced by imitative words like kerplunk, where the syllable ker- is simply added for emphasis.

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Example Sentences

predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street
Recent Examples on the Web Since then, O’Donnell seems to have involved herself in one kerfuffle after another as a kind of notorious loose cannon, on both television and social media. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 Recently, there has also been a separate kerfuffle about lengthy headnotes—the introductions that precede most recipes on a blog or in a cookbook—as some people just want to skip the story and get cooking. Wired, 1 Aug. 2022 In a separate kerfuffle, two activists are suing Caruso’s company for the right to protest the candidate at the Grove. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022 The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022 There had been a minor standoff involving Odeyingbo on Tuesday, but Pittman Jr. and McLeod threw several hard punches in the open before teammates quickly converged to break up the kerfuffle. The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022 The disconnect caused a minor kerfuffle for NASA and contractor Advanced Space, which remained optimistic that the issue represented a minor glitch. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 7 July 2022 The kerfuffle over the article has also piqued the interest of the school’s language experts. Anne Quito, Quartz, 24 June 2022 Following a diplomatic kerfuffle, Queen Victoria is said to have taken a pen and crossed Bolivia off her map of South America, insisting the country could therefore not exist. Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post, 19 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of carfuffle, from Scots car- (probably from Scottish Gaelic cearr wrong, awkward) + fuffle to become disheveled

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kerfuffle was in 1908
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