also kerfuffle
mass confusion of slapstick variety

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

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.

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.

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

a screw-up, a SNAFU or confrontation or altercation

When a task is troublesome or involves tedious work, it is referred to as a kafuffle.