kerfuffle
n. US //kɝˈfəfəɫ// UK //kˈɜːfʌfəl// ker·fuf·fle
Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)