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Kerfuffle

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World English Dictionary
kerfuffle, carfuffle or kurfuffle (kəˈfʌfəl)
 
n
1.  informal chiefly (Brit) commotion; disorder; agitation
 
vb
2.  (Scot) (tr) to put into disorder or disarray; ruffle or disarrange
 
[from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange]
 
carfuffle, carfuffle or kurfuffle
 
n
 
vb
 
[from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange]
 
kurfuffle, carfuffle or kurfuffle
 
n
 
vb
 
[from Scottish curfuffle, carfuffle, from Scottish Gaelic car twist, turn + fuffle to disarrange]

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Kerfuffle is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • The current kerfuffle provided a perfect opportunity to clean house.
  • Some of the kerfuffle rests on a misreading of the e-mails' wording.
  • Franklin might have been amused by the tuber-related kerfuffle.
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:  kerfuffle
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  disorder, commotion; also written curfuffle, kafuffle, gefuffle
Main Entry:  kerfuffle
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See kafuffle
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