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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
Examples
“So, since I was out walking with nothing better to do, I decided to finally call Sprint to ask about that "$150 off a phone" kerfluffle from a while back.”
“… my favorite part of the Tea Party kerfluffle is their outrage that Marvel would suggest most of them are white.”
“I’m already over the Froomkin kerfluffle but I’m amazed at the newsroom sniping that’s coming out in public.”
“Internet Archiving Illegal? by Andrew Goodman, Traffick.com Jul 19 - comments on the "kerfluffle" about the Bill C-60 in Canada to amend parts of the copyright act to make it illegal for search engines to "cache" page that was reported by CNet in In Canada: Cache a page, go to jail?”
“Richard Lowry, the editor of National Review, called the "kerfluffle" "precious and overwrought," adding that its very existence proved the vigor of intellectual engagement.”
“Els softens his stance on Woods; Weir happy for 'kerfluffle”
WN.com - Articles related to Hollywood A-listers line up for Asian pro-am
“I suspect that many writers of "kerfluffle" have misread "kerfuffle," and have only inadvertently arrived at the alternative spelling, unaware of the more common way to write the word.”
“The current "kerfluffle" with the DPRK is a perfect example.”
“Larry Nolen on Norman Spinrad and the latest kerfluffle about international SF, with positive remedies.”
“Oh sure, there was that little thing with the Vietnam War and Operation Phoenix but that was just a minor kerfluffle.”
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dandy's list
favourite words
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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fingernails on my chalkboard
aka malapropisms that drive me crazy
touch basis, irregardless, secure deliverly, should of, heighth, asterix, sherbert, nucular, ekcetra, suppose to, for all intensive..., kerfluffle and 9 more...
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AmorFati's list
New(ish) words..
impetus, happenstance, coup de grâce, visceral, sentient, wistful, fingerling, transcend, canted, sinew, errant, harking and 85 more...
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laurea's Words
lackadaisical, laelia, laurel, frippery, lascivious, cacophony, effectuate, leukorrhea, kerfluffle, nickelodeon, garrulous, onomastics and 63 more...
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Found Words
cavil, hoary, doppelganger, luddite, frippery, kerfluffle, inspissate, ennui, lagniappe, milquetoast, skullduggery, odsbodkins and 26 more...
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Shillyshalling rapscallions
Words that stumble beautifully off the tongue
guttersnipe, rapscallion, scapegrace, scalawag, shilly-shally, dillydally, catawampus, rumpuses, persnickety, curmudgeon, lollygag, flibbertigibbet and 9 more...
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lexylou's Words
callipygian, tribadism, videlicet, perspicuous, perspicacious, haberdashery, susurrus, heteroscedasticity, love, lacuna, avuncular, psoas and 8 more...
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favorite words
I've always loved these words
malarky, kerfluffle, chewy, flutter, amenable, superfluous:, cordial, shenanigans, valiant, crimini, elbow, wicket and 4 more...
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The Lexicon
nimble, agile, pussyfooting, amalgamation, bugaboo, doodad, Charles Barkleyed, parallax, posthaste, detrius, kerfluffle, expeditiously
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ding57's Words
pigeon holed, widget, dingo, solitude, solidarity, superfluous, camp, outdoors, green, hybrid, tintinnabulation, persnickety and 6 more...
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vernacular
omg, wtf, harth, loff, elft, ridonkulous, j-squared, underbears, andropology, liek, cuntificate, hugs tiem and 11 more...
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I like : K
kon-tiki, kraken, kreplach, karnak, kerfluffle, kernel, kisses, kaddish
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lexylou n: a dust-up involving pillows. May 12, 2009
arby aka kerfuffle Jul 17, 2007