I wish we could stamp out the word kerfuffle.
Oh, no! It's perfect. Would you prefer "scandal"? And I can't spell brouhaha without looking it up.
Here, pick one:
affair, controversial case, controversial issue, controversy, debate, fuss, grist for the gossip mill, hot potato, matter of the moment, political football, rumor, scandal, talk of the town, topic of the day, uproar, war of words
ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo, bedlam, big scene, big stink, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, discomposure, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furore, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurgence, insurrection, lather, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter
agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha, bustle, buzz, clinker, complaint, convulsion, cry, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha, hubba-hubba, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, protesting, racket, remonstrance, ruckus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, vociferation |
