shemozzle

/ ʃɪˈmɒzəl /

noun

1. informal.
   a noisy confusion or dispute; uproar

Word History and Origins

Origin of shemozzle¹

C19: perhaps from Yiddish shlimazl misfortune

Example Sentences

The Trinidad & Tobago FA experienced its own visit from the Fifa Normalisers in March after another shemozzle over debt.

From The Guardian

Upstairs there was a further shemozzle over access.

From The Guardian

But then producer Boz Temple-Morris turned my thinking on its head, pointing out that the very best way into this whole shemozzle is exactly that: drama.

From The Guardian

For all the overblown shemozzle of Alexis Sánchez’s long goodbye from Arsenal, the dizzyingly tedious debates over net cost, balance of the deal, the artfully shot piano-plonking video cut, one thing has remained unaltered.

From The Guardian

Some chanted for “Eddie” to take the kick, a nod to a previous penalty shemozzle and to the fact Cavani was on the verge of breaking Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s PSG goal record.

From The Guardian