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At last, we Yanks get to hear what all the fuss is about.

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  1. noun Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion: There was a lot of fuss on moving day.
  2. noun A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade.
  3. noun An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss.
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  • Think we needed any more convincing to check out what all the fuss was about? —  RVABlogs
  • We went out to DFO, mainly so that I could see what the fuss was about. —  The RiotACT
  • Honestly ... do you REALLY not understand what the fuss is abll about? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Monty Python-like variety, so if you're not into that, you may wonder what the fuss is about. —  Neatorama
  • X3 Tehe my cat even came over to see what the fuss was about! —  Popular in the last 8 hours
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hurry ·  commotion ·  turmoil ·  distraction ·  bloodshed ·  nuisance ·  hubbub ·  inconvenience ·  bustle ·  racket ·  publicity ·  embarrassment

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fuss:   fussing ·  fusses
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. A colloq. and dial. word, scarcely found in literary use before the 19th century; the record is therefore defective. The noun appears to be due to the adjective fussy, which is prob. an extended form (with the common adjective suffix -y) of Middle English fus, fous, eager, anxious, from Anglo-Saxon fūs, ready, prompt, quick, eager: see fouse, and cf. feeze, feaze, the derived verb.
  2. from fuss, n.
 

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