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brouhaha noun


Definition of brouhaha
: HUBBUB, UPROAR
A brouhaha erupted over her statements.

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The English language borrowed brouhaha directly from French in the late 18th century, but its origins beyond that are uncertain—not quite the subject of noisy brouhaha but perhaps more modest debate. What’s less arguable is that brouhaha is fun to say, as are many of its synonyms, including hubbub, williwaw, hullabaloo, bobbery, and kerfuffle. And many of these, also like brouhaha, tend to suggest a certain judgment that the reason for all the foofaraw is a bit silly, or at least not worth getting all worked up about. A dad joke, for example, might raise some brouhaha, even though it’s really no reason for an uproar to brew. Haha!


Examples of brouhaha in a Sentence
 A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president.
 There's been a lot of brouhaha about her statements.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 2011, a brouhaha erupted in response to an op-ed by a British aristocrat calling for the monument to be lit up at night, sparking dueling op-eds and an outcry by both stargazers and pagans.
— Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2022
And as the brouhaha over Haymarket and its ailing beam shows, those questions can last for a long, long time.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
The stakes are much lower in incidents like the Biden/Doocy brouhaha.
— Bruce Weinstein, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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First Known Use of brouhaha
1890, in the meaning defined above