brouhaha

brouhaha

A commotion, an uproar. Adopted from a fifteenth-century French term imitating a loud confused noise, it entered English in the late 1800s and has become a cliché. A Boston Globe column edited by Devra First had it, “What are your thoughts on the Josh Ozersky brouhaha? In brief the food writer pens a column about his wedding, saying caterers can’t cook . . . Then it turns out he didn’t pay for the food.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • kiss the blarney stone, to
  • flea in one's ear, to have a
  • black book, (put) in one's
  • clatter around
  • mind's eye, in my
  • dressing down, a
  • commotion
  • cause a commotion
  • make an uproar
  • Don't get your bowels in an uproar!
References in periodicals archive
Unlock the Box embarks on its largest project to date, bringing young people from four centres across Merseyside together to take part in Brouhaha Carnival on Saturday, July 7.
Merseyside; NOTICEBOARD
The brouhaha cooled off on April 10 after Hannity called Kimmel to his news programme where he later vowed to "no name-calling".
Slovenians find nothing funny with Kimmel's take on Melania
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M to Newt Gingrich or Other Republican [Forbes] Gingrich's Main Backer Plays Two Angles [WSJ] Adelson To Give $10 Million More to PAC Supporting Gingrich [JTA] GOP Campaigns Grow More Dependent on 'Super PAC' Aid [NYT] Earlier: 'Brouhaha' Provokes a You-Know-What The Problem With Sheldon Adelson
Adelson May Keep Giving to Gingrich
11.30am: I'm going into an interview with some broadcast journalists, discussing the arts in Liverpool - a great promo for the Brouhaha brand.
My children turn every day into a Brouhaha; working day Giles Agis is executive director of Brouhaha International. He has ultimate responsibility for the Brouhaha International Festival that has just taken place in Liverpool. This was his day
The local authority was ruled 45% liable, and Brouhaha 55%, and families of the two victims are in line for millions in compensation.
Dreamspace organisers face huge costs
The local authority was ruled 45% liable, and Brouhaha 55%, and must now pay millions of pounds in damages to victims of the incident.
No appeal for Dreamspace organisers
Brouhaha and Chester-le-Street council admitted breaching Health and Safety.
BLOW-UP 'KILLER' WENT FOR CUPPA; Inflatable artist denies manslaughter
Actually the brouhaha arose not at the press conference itself, but at a roundtable of artistic directors drawn from major classical companies at home and abroad that the Institute had, for some reason, appended to the award announcement.
Attitudes
What brouhaha could bring Tony Kushner, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Williams, Gretchen Mol, and Kevin Smith together in the same theater--aside from, perhaps, the GLAAD Media Awards?
Sundance festival
The brouhaha centered on "Holier Than Thou," a depiction of a Roman Catholic bishop with a contorted facial expression and a miter that some in the community said looked like a penis.
'Holier Than Thou' statue passes court muster
Talespin: Public Relations Disasters--Inside Stories & Lessons Learned is an anthology of true public relations gaffes--from the brouhaha that ensues when two sports mascots get into an all-to-real physical altercation on the field, to the infamous Ford vehicle/Firestone tire defects considered responsible for the loss of dozens of lives.
Talespin
However, free as he is from the brouhaha in which the older artists wrap themselves--and the way it veils their work's conceptual shortcomings--Hawkinson finds himself in a relatively vulnerable position.
Tim Hawkinson: Whitney Museum of American Art
SpongeBoh was recently the center of a media brouhaha over his appearance in a video shown to elementary school children to promote tolerance of different kinds of people, a video the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family says promotes the gay lifestyle.
What about Bert and Ernie?
Award-winning poet Adrian Blevins has penned The Brass Girl Brouhaha, a compilation of original free-verse poetry that especially reflects upon the experience of being a woman.
The Brass Girl Brouhaha
A month after the brouhaha began, Watts defiantly faced angry investors demanding an explanation.
Management: the absent CEO