brouhaha - BROO-ha-ha - a noisy, often heated uproar


"A brouhaha has erupted over the 'Family Guy' animated TV comedy, termed either irreverent or crass, depending on one's tolerance for unmannerly humor; it began with a Facebook posting from Sarah Palin as a personal 'kick in the gut' for its supposed depiction of a young woman with Down syndrome whose 'father is an accountant & mother used to be governor of Alaska.' The former governor (whose youngest child has Down syndrome) took it as an unacceptable personal insult."