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Kerfuffle

Kerfuffle: disturbance; a disorderly outburst or tumult.

It’s one of my favourites: Such a lovely sound, so much fun to pronounce — and the sound is quite evocative of the word.

Dave

2 comments to Kerfuffle

  • sandrala

    Kerfuffle is one of the words I was considering as I pondered which word is my favorite. It sounds like just what it is. No one has ever asked me what I mean when I say “kerfuffle.”

  • Patrick

    I read that it was a Gaelic (Irish) word; I had thought it would have been Yiddish.

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