Kerfuffle (noun)
ker-fuf-l
(British, informal) A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.
Early 19th century perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car ‘twist, bend’ + imitative Scots fuffle ‘to disorder’), or related to Irish cior thual ‘confusion, disorder’.
Example sentences
“Did you hear the kerfuffle outside tonight?”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
