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brou·ha·ha    Audio Help   [broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall.
2.an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes.

[Origin: 1885–90; < F, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters repr. the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; perh. < Heb, distortion of the recited phrase bārūkh habbā (beshém ădhōnai) “blessed is he who comes (in the name of the Lord)” (Ps. 118:26)]
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brou·ha·ha    Audio Help   (brōō'hä-hä')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An uproar; a hubbub.


[French, of imitative origin.]

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brouhaha 
1890, from Fr. brouhaha (1552), said to have been, in medieval theater, "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy." Perhaps from Heb. barukh habba' "blessed be the one who comes," used on public occasions.

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brouhaha

noun
1. loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub
2. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits 

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