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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Kerfuffle and po-faced

Hi

Would you say that these two words are common in spoken English? I heard them both in a movie I recently watched on TV. Are the low register?

Kerfuffle

Po-faced

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Would you say that these two words are common in spoken English? Not common.

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  • Tom Would you say that these two words are common in spoken English?
  • Not common.
  • "Kerfuffle" is a humorous word, like "fiddle-faddle".
  • It shows up once in a while, but I doubt most Americans have it in their active vocabulary.
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Mr. TomWould you say that these two words are common in spoken English?

Not common. "Kerfuffle" is a humorous word, like "fiddle-faddle". It shows up once in a while, but I doubt most Americans have it in their active vocabulary. "Po-faced" is pretty rare in the US. I can't even remember what it means.

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Mr. TomKerfuffle

Is heard sometimes in the UK.

Mr. TomPo-faced

Unheard of recent decades. It's used in old media that is at least a few decades old.

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