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biff

1  [bif] Slang.
–noun
1. a blow; punch.
–verb (used with object)
2. to hit; punch.
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Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perh. imit.
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2  [bif]
–noun
biffy.

bif⋅fy

  [bif-ee]
–noun, plural -fies. Chiefly Upper Midwest and Canadian Slang.
a toilet or privy.
Also, biff.

Origin:
orig. obscure
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biff 1   (bĭf)   
tr.v.   biffed, biff·ing, biffs
To strike or punch.
n.  A blow or punch.

[From English biff, interjection, probably of imitative origin.]
biff 2   (bĭf)   
n.   Upper Midwest
Variant of biffy.
bif·fy   (bĭf'ē)   
n.   pl. bif·fies also biffs Upper Midwest

  1. An outdoor toilet; an outhouse.

  2. An indoor toilet.


[Perhaps alteration of privy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
biff [bɪf]

  1. tv.
    to hit someone. : Tom biffed Fred on the snoot.
  2. n.
    a blow. : The biff on the nose gave Fred a nosebleed.
  3. in.
    to fall; to fail; to crash. : His bike hit a bump and he biffed.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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biffy [ˈbɪfi]

  1. n.
    a toilet. : The house we toured has a pink biffy. Can you believe it?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

BIFF
/bif/ (Or "B1FF", from Usenet) The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical newbie. Articles from BIFF are characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of fragments of chat abbreviations, a long sig block (sometimes even a doubled sig), and unbounded naivete. BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. BIFF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address: .
[1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that BIFF was originally created by Joe Talmadge , also the author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the net at large. - ESR]
[The Jargon File]
(1997-09-22)

biff
/bif/ To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility "biff(1)", which was in turn named after a friendly golden Labrador who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4.2BSD was in development (it had a well-known habit of barking whenever the mailman came). No relation to BIFF.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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