different between hootenanny vs brouhaha

English

Etymology

Unknown; potentially Scottish. Use is tied to the Appalachian culture in the US.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hut?næni/

Noun

hootenanny (plural hootenannies)

1. An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments.
2. (obsolete) A placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing (see thingamajig, whatchamacallit)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew ???????? ??????? (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?u?.h??.h??/

Noun

brouhaha (plural brouhahas)

1. A stir; a fuss or uproar.

   Synonyms: commotion, hubbub, kerfuffle; see also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

French

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from an onomatopoeic assimilation from Hebrew ???????? ??????? (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”)

In regards to the semantic evolution to "noisy meeting" compare with ramdam, sabbat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?u.a.a/

Noun

brouhaha m (plural brouhahas)

1. brouhaha
   • 1865, Jules Verne, De la Terre à la Lune:

     Un brouhaha, une tempête d’exclamations accueillit ces paroles.

     A brouhaha, a gale of exclamations welcomed those words.

References

• “brouhaha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Brouhaha”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

Further reading

• “brouhaha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).