Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a disorderly outburst or tumult
Examples
“My mate Steve the plumber dared me to get the word "kerfuffle" into my analysis, which I thought was very funny.”
The Guardian: I was there at the birth of Sky Sports – and what a kerfuffle | David James
“This kerfuffle is one of the more ridiculous ones in the current “civil rights” climate.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus
“Blue: “This kerfuffle is one of the more ridiculous ones in the current “civil rights” climate.””
The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus
“The kerfuffle is leaving me cold, I'll admit: I'm a small-r republican, and would like us to shed the last of our feudal, imperial shackles, lightly-worn though they be.”
“So I think the Stone Age kerfuffle is worth pushing on, especially since some of the "crucial information" that you identified rubs up against Nagin's need to be more transparent.”
“Update: Btw, the politically important feature of this kerfuffle is McCain's confusion -- not knowing how many houses he owns -- rather than the fact that he is rich (by virtue of his wife's inherited wealth).”
“Second, truepenny, triggered by but tangential to the current death-of-short-fiction kerfuffle, is talking about what short stories are good for.”
it is not my intention to be fulsome, but i confess-- i covet your skull
“Way up there Steve Sailer said that this kerfuffle is made for a lot of whites to engage in moral preening about wonderfully sophisticately sensitive they are compared to other whites, who are so deplorable.”
“Lost in the discussion over the New York Times/SWIFT kerfuffle is the history of the Times and national security.”
Waldo Jaquith - Case brief: New York Times Co. v. United States.
“The reaction from Henry County officials to the Will Vehrs kerfuffle is ridiculous.”
Waldo Jaquith - Elected officials react to Will Vehrs’ jokes.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kerfuffle’.
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set phasers to...
you name the setting
I've tuned mine to be gentler and kinder
following suit is not mandatory but would be appreciatedcoddle, confuse, flummox, tap, furrow, instigate, invigorate, punnify, logical, must... act... be..., bowdlerise, laughing gas and 419 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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The Storybook Words
Words from children's literature that feed young imaginations and spark a love of words and language.
peril, sparkle, fizzle, kerfuffle, lachrymose, heebie-jeebies, turtleneck, peacoat, smarmy, daffodil, snapdragon, grouch and 1 more...
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ker- and ka- words
Usually interjections and/or onomatopoeic.
kerplunk, kerslap, kerchunk, kerwhack, kerslop, kerwallop, kerflop, kerthump, kerslam, kerflummux, kerbang, kaboom and 7 more...
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In the News
Words from politics, news, and business
sedition, juridical, feckless, austerity, debenture, sovereign, subterfuge, amicus, obfuscate, transparency, usurp, paradox and 26 more...
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comablack's list
conflate
trenchmouth
selfimproved
peremptory
ellipse
diffuse
paean
cashmere
synchroneity
famine
expunge
deft
languor
od...antidisestablishm..., umbrageous, empirical, adumbrate, lilt, kerfuffle, hippopotomonstros..., exegesis, bajulate, trenchmouth, hegemony, cirrhosis and 1 more...
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onomatopoeic
warble, quibble, quirk, drudgery, chortle, snicker, galumph, thwart, schlock, whimsy, garble, miffed and 25 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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Words
Words I like.
jejune, eunoia, swallow, spelunk, milquetoast, echolalia, trumble, toothsome, synecdoche, taciturn, kerfuffle, aleatoric and 98 more...
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
approbation, assuage, chicanery, abscond, effrontery, enervation, equivocate, ennui, aftertaste, filibuster, perfunctory, abide and 391 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 309 more...
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The Golem's Eye
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, The Golem's Eye.
ordure, widdershins, cop, stipple, ostler, struts, minaret, chemise, remonstrate, concussion, wicket, vamoose and 249 more...
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Middle School Vocab Inspiration
Words for my enrichment class, "Word Lab", that inspire and delight, and teach roots, prefixes, suffixes.
kerfuffle, astronomical, balderdash, decimate, doppelganger, predicament
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 179 more...
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Nakoo's list of beautiful words.
Just about any word I like at the time.
razbliuto, anaxiphilia, lipothymous, inamorata, acushla, abulia, serendipity, alexithymia, quixotic, idiosyncratic, ad nauseam, equanimity and 299 more...
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Fun
harangue, quixotic, persnickety, lachrymose, kerfuffle, zephyr, chthonic, vixen, fiend, scoundrel, cricket, belfry and 193 more...
reesetee Or it could be a dust-up involving this. Aug 6, 2009
hernesheir What about a nerfuffle? Aug 5, 2009
lexylou if kerfuffle implies a dust-up, then kerfluffle implies a dust-up involving pillows. Aug 5, 2009
lbutlr A kerfuffle implies something of little importance; a conflict that can be ignored as inconsequential. The use of the word is dismissive of the underlying conflict. Jul 14, 2009
garyth123 as heard on Little Britain Dec 9, 2008
arby Also spelled kerfluffle, but I prefer this spelling. Jul 17, 2007