kerfluff

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English

Etymology

Alteration of kerfuffle, possibly influenced by fluff.

Noun

kerfluff (plural not attested)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of kerfuffle
    • 1952, Dorothy Sherrill, The Santa Claus Bears:
      After a fine record of doing chores up North, conscientious Roly and Poly fall out of Santa's sled on Christmas Eve and land ""kerfluff"" in snowy wilds.
    • 2016, D. S. Martin, The Turning Aside, →ISBN:
      And a tough neighborhood, it was, too. irate Mars, and sexually explicit Venus, the kerfluff of a moody moon, and self-important stars.
    • 2017 April 11, “Here We Mar A Lago Again - Politics and Other Controversies”, in city-data (Usenet):
      If a kerfluff missile strike (with advance heads up to the strikees) is your idea of what makes a successful president, you must be giddy (along with those other things you are).