Chiefly Brit., Informal disorder; uproar; confusion
kerfuffle
ker·fuf·fle 
Canine kerfuffle.
The definition of a kerfuffle is a British word for a state of confusion or disorder.
An example of a kerfuffle is rushing around to find important papers before a big presentation.
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InformalA to-do or fuss: “Among the oldest corpses from which readable DNA has been extracted is a Neanderthal man. Imagine the kerfuffle if somebody managed to clone him” ( Richard Dawkins )
Origin of kerfuffle
Scots variant of curfuffle cur- intensive pref. ( from Scots Gaelic car twist, turn about ) ( from Old Irish cor a turn ; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.) fuffle put into disorder ( of imitative origin )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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