Brouhaha (noun)
broo-ha-ha
excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event.
Brouhaha was first recorded in English around 1885-90, and comes from the French phrase brou, ha, ha!, which was an exclamation used by characters representing the devil in 16th-century French drama.
Example sentences
“The brouhaha surrounding the allegations kept rumbling on and on.”
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