brouhaha

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A noisy and excited reaction to something, often greater than it deserves.

   There was quite a brouhaha when the star player was dropped from the team.

Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).

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