Kerfuffle vs Oof - What's the difference?
kerfuffle | oof |
A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.
* 2009 May 22,
* 2011 June 6, Mark Memmott, “
A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
Money.
* 1888 , , Colonel Quaritch V.C. (
* 1911–1912 , published 1916, , The World For Sale , book 2, chapter 10 (
As nouns the difference between kerfuffle and oof
is that kerfuffle is a disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult while oof is money.As an interjection oof is
a sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.kerfuffle
English
Alternative forms
* curfuffle, kafuffle, kerfluffle, kurfuffle * fuffle (by apheresis)Noun
(en noun)Stuart Heritage], “[http://www.hecklerspray.com/jon-kate-latest-people-you-dont-know-do-crap-you-dont-care-about/200934378.php Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About]”, [http://www.hecklerspray.com/ Hecklerspray
- You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act
Sarah Palin's Had Her Say; Now Let's Hear From Paul Revere”, The Two-Way , National Public Radio
- There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.
Synonyms
* brouhaha * fracas * hubbub * mess * racketoof
English
Etymology 1
(onomatopoeia)Interjection
(en interjection)Etymology 2
From (ooftish) or possibly connected with (etyl)Noun
(-)archive.org ebook), page 232:
- “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.
Gutenberg ebook], [http://www.archive.org/details/worldforsaleano00parkgoog archive.org ebook):
- What's he after? Oof—oof—oof , that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.
