OFF: UK slang?

Ted Jackson jr. TOJACKSO at HAWK.SYR.EDU
Fri Jul 5 14:08:58 EDT 1996


> chuff (chuffe) a boor or churl  (i.e. crude, aggressive, uneducated
> peasant)
>
> chuffy (English dialect) fat or chubby
> and
> chuffed (colloquial) very pleased
>
> Falstaff's comment could be comparing them to fat birds but then he
> could be describing them as boors as well I guess.
>
> yours in linguistic confusion
>
> jill
>
It's interesting, because Falstaff is generally mocking them for
being fat, which he was himself.  But I like the idea of calling the
rich guys boors, which, again, he was himself.  Mocking someone just
like yourself.  Typical WS...
theo



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