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brouhaha
Brouhaha (noun) means (informal) A lot of noisy excitement or fuss over something.
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(informal) A lot of noisy excitement or fuss over something.
"El Salvador, caught in legal brouhaha over the case of erroneously deported Kilmar Ábrego García, has received a reported $6 million from the U.S. to imprison deportees."
— Whitney Eulich, Panama accepted asylum-seekers the US didn’t want. Then its troubles began (2025)
"Ms. Rousseau, a senior member of the Europe Écologie-Les Verts party, said in an interview that she was surprised by the sizzling brouhaha."
— Roger Cohen, Of Barbecues and Men: A Summer Storm Brews Over Virility in France (2022)
"It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code."
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Etymology
Borrowed from French brouhaha, though its origin before that is disputed. It may possibly come from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).
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What is the meaning of brouhaha?
"brouhaha" (noun) means (informal) A lot of noisy excitement or fuss over something.
What is another word for brouhaha?
Other words for "brouhaha" include uproar, hubbub, katzenjammer.
