What is the origin of the word brouhaha?

Did you know? Some etymologists think brouhaha is onomatopoeic in origin, but others believe it comes from the Classical Hebrew phrase barukh habba’, meaning “blessed be he who arrives” (Psalms 118:26).

Is brouhaha a French word?

Brouhaha is a French word sometimes used in English to describe an uproar or hubbub, a state of social agitation when a minor incident gets out of control.

What is a brouhaha called?

A brouhaha, pronounced (brew ha ha), is the emotion or reaction of excitement surrounding an event or issue. Good synonyms are uproar and hubbub. The plural is brouhahas.

Where did hullabaloo come from?

Where does hullabaloo come from? The first records of hullabaloo come from the mid-1700s. It may come from a rhyming combination of the interjection halloo and the Scots word baloo, meaning “lullaby.” A hullabaloo is a far cry from a soothing lullaby, though.

What is the meaning of the word brouhaha?

A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. ‘Amid all the election brouhaha over here, it’s easy to miss Jennifer Lopez’s bid for power stateside.’ ‘Speaking of storms, what a brouhaha at work today.’

Where does the word Brou Ha Ha come from?

We know the word came from the French word spelled the same way; it’s found in French from the sixteenth century on, but it only arrived in English at the end of the nineteenth century. It seems to have been used in French drama as a noise made by the devil, who cried brou, ha, ha!.

What was the story of the plane brouhaha?

The Washington Post described an incident as a brouhaha in which a passenger, on board a jetliner, reclined the seat to the point where it bothered a second passenger, resulting in a fistfight, intervention by flight attendants, and the plane returning to the airport escorted by fighter jets.

What is the origin of the word Brou?

A World Wide Words subscriber, John Peter Maher, wrote to say that he has done some work on the origins of brou in French. He suggests a more likely origin may be bull baiting and that the word may be linked to the Italian or Spanish bravo. He points to the French rabrouer, to taunt, as a linked term.