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  • noun Plural form of kerfluffle.

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Examples

  • So, the usual LJ kerfluffles (and ballyhoos) are frustrating for me, because people are expected to write with a voice of ethnic/racial/gender authority.

    Why We Should All Stop Worrying and Love the SF Ghetto wendigomountain 2010

  • Our guide to the band's various scrapes, contretemps and kerfluffles might help sort things out, though:

    Riffs: Kings of Leon vs. The World: Their biggest beefs, brawls and blow-ups Allison Stewart 2010

  • Remember a couple of LJ kerfluffles ago when someone said (and I'm paraphrasing here): Editors don't even care about your credits.

    I got a chuckle out of this. wendigomountain 2010

  • It just kerfluffles me that these people would defend assertions after they've been demonstrated erroneous.

    Controlled Pathways 2008

  • I keep my little kerfluffles off the wires, for the most part.

    Thought Balloon 2009

  • Alison: I've blabbed a lot, most of it without any sugar coating, and ended up in some kerfluffles because of not playing nice.

    Archive 2009-04-12 Joe Konrath 2009

  • That's nice for him, I guess, but I have no energy to spend on online kerfluffles just now.

    Another quick update shweta_narayan 2009

  • That in of itself speaks volumes about the Newbery's historic and I'd argue continued importance -- and also about the general passion of the readers, writers, librarians and others who keep an eyeball on the latest kerfluffles and goings on.

    December 2008 2008

  • That in of itself speaks volumes about the Newbery's historic and I'd argue continued importance -- and also about the general passion of the readers, writers, librarians and others who keep an eyeball on the latest kerfluffles and goings on.

    What She Said 2008

  • That in of itself speaks volumes about the Newbery's historic and I'd argue continued importance -- and also about the general passion of the readers, writers, librarians and others who keep an eyeball on the latest kerfluffles and goings on.

    What She Said 2008

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  • Commenting on Political Cartoon content in the News

    There have been minor kerfluffles from the left about drawing Hillary Clinton as insufficiently feminine, and from the right about depicting Condoleezza Rice as servile to President Bush.

    August 4, 2009