word of the day: kerfuffle
Definition of KERFUFFLE
chiefly British
: disturbance, fuss
Examples of KERFUFFLE
1. <predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street>
Origin of KERFUFFLE
alteration of carfuffle, from Scots car- (probably from Scottish Gaelic cearr wrong, awkward) + fuffle to become disheveled
First Known Use: 1946