The announcement caused quite a hullabaloo. The announcement caused a lot of hullabaloo. There was a hullabaloo over his controversial statements. There was a lot of hullabaloo over his controversial statements.
Recent Examples on the WebWhy the hullabaloo about keeping photos of a long-ago ex?cleveland, 14 July 2022 Why the hullabaloo about keeping photos of a long-ago ex? Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2022 Why the hullabaloo about keeping photos of a long-ago ex? Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 14 July 2022 Though Johnson is now one of the UK’s shortest-serving prime ministers, having served in the role for about three years, Normington said the scandals and social media hullabaloo made his tenure feel much longer. Kate Selig, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 That all the rest—this Finders Keepers hullabaloo and questions like mine—is just a nuisance. Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022 Maybe the hullabaloo about being a digital native or an AI native is merely eye candy and nothing more. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2022 The hullabaloo was apparently an attempt to draw attention to the climate crisis. Jeva Lange, The Week, 30 May 2022 The viewer’s eye dwells there rather than on the surrealist hullabaloo in the picture’s foreground, where a transparent plastic umbrella, upside down and full of rubber duckies, covers Susiraja’s crotch. Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, 22 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo, interjection used to hush children