fuss
An exhibition of affection or admiration.
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Thinking of giving my Regional CEO an interesting curse! The more folks look at him and fuss over him, the saggier he gets...the younger he gets...would anyone really notice? Art: @lodeddiperroderick.bsky.social #b…
It's always been an acceptable convention in English-language films that foreign speakers speak English among themselves. What's the fuss this time?
Seeing what all the fuss is about #NowWatching
Just added: Corn Beef on YumPlanner—quick, satisfying, and low-fuss for busy nights. Pop it into your weekly plan and we’ll roll the ingredients into your shopping list. Try a one-click meal swap if you change your mi…
Remember the fuss over a Martin Rowson cartoon in the Guardian a few years back?
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An exhibition of affection or admiration.
“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis blokewhom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
“I’m not even crazy about russelbuck like that but every time someone makes a fuss about him putting soft core porn as album art, I’m gonna listen to the whole thing 10 more times out of spite”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah I was too old to see it when it came out and just decided to see what the fuss was about 2-3 years ago. Yeesh.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#CurrentlyListening to Kiss of the Basilisk. 😏 Chirp had it on a deal, and Hoopla isn't letting me borrow lately, so I'm diving in. Let's see what all the fuss is about. #BookSky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The comments were recent. That's why the fuss is recent. Don't make things up, it doesn't help.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“cool that it was no fuss; glad that's solved. I've seen some weird stuff shared in comment sections, like I think I saw one of vermin's stuff barely censored randomly once. people are wild”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A complaint or noise; a scene.
What's all the fuss about?
“Thinking of giving my Regional CEO an interesting curse! The more folks look at him and fuss over him, the saggier he gets...the younger he gets...would anyone really notice? Art: @lodeddiperroderick.bsky.social #babyfur #regression #pamper”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's always been an acceptable convention in English-language films that foreign speakers speak English among themselves. What's the fuss this time?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Seeing what all the fuss is about #NowWatching”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just added: Corn Beef on YumPlanner—quick, satisfying, and low-fuss for busy nights. Pop it into your weekly plan and we’ll roll the ingredients into your shopping list. Try a one-click meal swap if you change your mind. yumplanner.org #mealplanning #recipes Yum!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Remember the fuss over a Martin Rowson cartoon in the Guardian a few years back?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable, or, uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
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