Kerfuffle: Disturbance, Fuss Origin and Etymology of kerfuffle: alteration of carfuffle, from Scots car- (probably from Scottish Gaelic cearr wrong, awkward) + fuffle to become disheveled First Known Use: 1946 I'm taking a slightly different spin on today's  Wednesday Word and will just write about the things that cause me to raise a kerfuffle (fuss). Boy, don't you … Continue reading What I raise a kerfuffle over