Carrie12345 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 That is all. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingSimplicity Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 That is all. :D I don't think I"ve ever had to occasion to use kerfluffle. Would you mind using it in a sentence for me? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 That would be an excellent pet name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Lol, I used it last night! :lol: I never use that word, but it was stuck in my brain after SWB's thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've said it a couple of times today. My new favorite word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'm not sure it's a word. I like it, though. SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 It's a wonderful word. I have it tucked away behind my eyeballs just waiting for a chance to use it.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'm pretty sure Marilla uses it in the Anne of Green Gables mini-series. Something like "what kerfluffle have you managed to get yourself into today?" said dryly and in a Marilla sort of way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I thought it was 'kerfuffle.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I thought it was 'kerfuffle.' I thought so, too, but dictionary.com lists kerfluffle as a derivative of kerfuffle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I thought it was 'kerfuffle.' :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) I looked it up earlier today. I plan to add it to my daily repertoire of words. :D http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kerfuffle I imagine kerfluffle is like what happens to a bird when the fluff their feathers. The bird was kerfluffled when he heard about the kerfuffle. Edited March 24, 2011 by elegantlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've always heard and said it as kerfluffle. Spell check disagrees. They say it's kerfuffle. :tongue_smilie: I've always loved the word though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarlaB Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Pondering how to have it screen-printed on a t-shirt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I looked it up earlier today. I plan to add it to my daily repertoire of words. :D http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kerfuffle I imagine kerfluffle is like what happens to a bird when the fluff their feathers. The bird was kerfluffled when he heard about the kerfuffle. It's my new favorite word! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 It makes me think of angry chickens. I really don't know why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I heard someone use it on NPR this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I heard it TWICE on NPR this morning. I actually did LOL when I heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Well, it makes *me* think of some sort of fancy bavarian pastry. One made with airy, buttery pastry, filled with some sort of unhealthy cream filling, maybe with some fruit mixed in, and drizzled over with chocolate and powdered sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccabillington Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I thought it was 'kerfuffle.' it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 It makes me think of that angry bluebird picture National Geographic had a few years back. He was in quite a kerfluffle! It's also my new favorite word, no matter how it's spelled. I prefer "kerfluffle" only because I like the way it rolls off my tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'd never heard the word before the thread here. Today it's used in a Yahoo news story. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Such a kerfuffle over "kerfluffle." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I have never heard of this word. I love it. The kids have given me a couple weird looks as I have said it. :D Now its my FB status. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Oh, it's a word. I grew up saying it. It must be a word. Though I don't use an L after the F. From dictionary.com: kerfuffle |kərˈfəfəl| noun [in sing. ] informal chiefly Brit. a commotion or fuss, esp. one caused by conflicting views : there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship. Maybe someone should start a poll. "Kerfuffle vs Kerfluffle" Edited March 24, 2011 by Old Dominion Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Well, it makes *me* think of some sort of fancy bavarian pastry. One made with airy, buttery pastry, filled with some sort of unhealthy cream filling, maybe with some fruit mixed in, and drizzled over with chocolate and powdered sugar. I don't see that connected in any way with "kerfuffle" in my mind, but your confectionery concoction sure sounds like something I could use today! Maybe I'd need two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Oh, it's a word. I grew up saying it. It must be a word. Though I don't use an L after the F. From dictionary.com: kerfuffle |kərˈfəfəl| noun [in sing. ] informal chiefly Brit. a commotion or fuss, esp. one caused by conflicting views : there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship. Maybe someone should start a poll. "Kerfuffle vs Kerfluffle" I found this list of synonyms: Synonyms: ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), commotion [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo I nominate foofaraw as the word for the weekend and suggest we work in williwaw on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I nominate foofaraw as the word for the weekend and suggest we work in williwaw on Monday. Motion seconded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Synonyms: ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), commotion [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo Can you describe the ruckus? :D Some of those words are wonderful! I need to get them into my regular usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Can you describe the ruckus? :D Some of those words are wonderful! I need to get them into my regular usage. I grew up with hoofarah and flap-doodle, but have adopted kurfuffle. I love "rutabaga", which I am told is an old radio term. When they wanted an "angry crowd" in the background, they grouped people around the mike and had them mumble "rutabaga, rutabaga, rutabaga". I've also heard it is a fight between the pitcher, the catcher, and the umpire. However, my go-to word is STINK, as in "what's the big stink about?" Edited March 25, 2011 by kalanamak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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