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guff

  [guhff]
–noun Informal.
1. empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
2. insolent talk.
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Origin:
1815–25; perh. imit.
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guff   (gŭf)   
n.   Slang

  1. Nonsense; baloney.

  2. Insolent talk; back talk.


[Perhaps imitative.]
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
guff [gəf]

  1. n.
    nonsense; bunkum. : No more guff outa you, okay?
  2. n.
    back talk; complaining. : That's enough of your guff!
  3. n.
    a strange person; a nerd.(Possibly related to goof.) : Willy acts like a guff when we go out. I am going to break up with him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

guff 
"empty talk, nonsense," 1888, from earlier sense of "puff of air" (1825), of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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