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guff  (gf)
n. Slang
1. Nonsense; baloney.
2. Insolent talk; back talk.
[Perhaps imitative.]
guff [gʌf]
n
Slang ridiculous or insolent talk
[imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.guff - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
buncombe, bunkum, hogwash, rot, bunk
dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
guff
noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, tripe (informal), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African taboo slang), empty talk, tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) These commercials are all guff.
Translations
guff [gʌf] N → chorradas fpl
guff [ˈgʌf] n (= rubbish) → bêtises fpl
guff
n (inf) → Quark m (inf), → Käse m (inf)
guff [gʌf] n (fam) → stupidaggini fpl, assurdità fpl
guff [gʌf] n (fam) → stupidaggini fpl, assurdità fpl


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They're relentless women, Jack, he would say, and they don't take guff from anybody for all they are so tiny and smile so polite.
Waking the bishop by Doyle, Brian / U.S. Catholic
When he got scared, he sponsored the Social Security Guarantee Act--a mash note of bureaucratic guff that issued "benefit guarantee certificates" to reassure seniors they would get their payouts--which nonetheless allowed Santorum to claim he was protecting the creaking benefits system against any and all changes.
Pen statists: in Pennsylvania's Senate race, both sides are running ... by Weigel, David / Reason
Indeed, in an early story, "Novelty," a writer pitches an idea to his wary publisher: he proposes to write "a sort of a Catholic novel," but not the tired stuff about "the nuns, the weird rules, all that decayed scholastic guff.
The fantasy man: the strange brilliance of John Crowley by Keen, Suzanne / Commonweal
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