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noun Informal.
1.
empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
2.
insolent talk.
Origin:
1815–25; perhaps imitative
1815–25; perhaps imitative
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| —n | |
| slang ridiculous or insolent talk | |
| [C19: imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
guff
"empty talk, nonsense," 1888, from earlier sense of "puff of air" (1825), of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
All this sycophantic guff reflects widespread ignorance about what the queen has actually done.
When it demanded toughness, she adopted a no-guff-taking posture.
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