also kerfuffle
mass confusion of slapstick variety

I heard this word being used in an NHL hockey game. The commentator had indicated that the participents had taken part in a kafuffle. To me it meant a minor or meaningless tussle or fight of no consequence.

Noisy, non-violent confusion, perhaps involving some scuffling, arising through ignorance or incompetence

I am Australian and have been using "kaffufle" all my life, although I just realised I did not know how to spell it.

Something that takes a lot of organising and causes an issue.

A kafuffle is when some dopy cunt, screws up, messes up or just does something outright stupid.
Used mostly by those peoples in pommyland.

a screw-up, a SNAFU or confrontation or altercation

Alternate k-fuffle. Fits lungpig's definition (a screw-up, a SNAFU, a confrontation, or an altercation). Used frequently by author John Nichols ("Conjugal Bliss," "The Voice of the Butterfly")