also kerfuffle
mass confusion of slapstick variety
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I heard this word being used in an NHL hockey game. The commentator had indicated that the participents had taken part in a kafuffle. To me it meant a minor or meaningless tussle or fight of no consequence.
"The kafuffle between Johnson and Smith didn't amount to much; not even minor penalties."
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Something that takes a lot of organising and causes an issue.
I tried to reorganise our hotel but it was a right kafuffle
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a screw-up, a SNAFU or confrontation or altercation
the two crackheads got into a kafuffle over the last rock.
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When a task is troublesome or involves tedious work, it is referred to as a kafuffle.
Changing the bed sheets is such a kafuffle!
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Contrary to other entries this has zero to do with Little Britain. Its just slang for "Much to do about nothing" and creeps up in every day conversations all the time, its been around long before Little Britain.
Oi blimey, what a load of kafuffle!
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Used a lot in 'Little Britain', brilliant sitcom starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas.
Lou looks after Andy, who's in a wheelchair, but does he really need it?
Lou: So which one do you want, Andy?
Andy: I want that one.
Lou: Are you sure?
Andy: Yeah.
Lou: I don't want to have to come and bring it back to the shop 'cos that would be a right kafuffle.
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