kerfluff
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of kerfuffle, possibly influenced by fluff.
Noun
[edit]kerfluff (plural not attested)
- (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).