kerfuffle
/kəˈfʌfl/noun
in sing.
- informal, chiefly Brit. a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views〈非正式, 主英〉（尤指因意见相左而产生的）吵闹, 混乱：
there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship.
在主席职位问题上发生了争吵。
词源
early 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots curfuffle （probably from Scottish Gaelic car 'twist, bend' + imitative Scots fuffle 'to disorder'）, or related to Irish cior thual 'confusion, disorder'.