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Quiff
is always a great word to know.
So is grok. Does it mean:
| to understand thoroughly and intuitively |
| tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy |
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Word Origin & History
quiff
"curl or lock of hair over the forehead," 1890, originally a style among soldiers, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with quiff "a puff or whiff of tobacco smoke" (1831, originally Southern U.S.), held to be a variant of whiff (q.v.).
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