kerfuffle - carfuffle or kurfuffle is one of the many British words for commotion, disorder, chaos, disturbance and can also be used as a verb. The word most probably comes from Scottish carfuffle: car - cearr = wrong, awkward, fuffle = to become dishelved.
Have you seen the kerfuffle on Wall Street?
What is this kerfuffle all about?
Look at this mess on my head - the wind kerfuffled my hairdo!
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