A minor disturbance or disagreement. Smaller than a contretemps, larger than a snag, involving more people or things than a SNAFU or a stink.
Lawton couldn't understand all of the kerfuffle over the suggestive signage at Herbert's Sherbert.
A non-committal, yet derogatory name for any particular ethnic group or person of that group who happens to be standing within earshot.
"Whenever a Humpty Dump pays by credit card, it usually turns out to be stolen.