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Guff   /gəf/   Listen
Guff

noun
1.
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).  Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, hogwash, rot.






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"Guff" Quotes from Famous Books



... will claim, above all things, honest dealing, and for this reason the tricky politicians who "put it over" in the pre-war days will not have so easy a time. "Guff" will not be well received. The leaders on the battle-field have been men who could look death in the face without flinching, so the political leaders at home must be men of heroism, who will travel the path of righteousness ...
— Three Times and Out • Nellie L. McClung

... Well, We write to let you know We've waded through the booklet on "What Makes the Engine Go." It took us close on half a day To read through all the guff; The engine goes all right, but don't Keep goin' long enough. It's very good to understand What makes the engine go. But why the deuce the d—- thing stops Is what we want to know. So now we're making this request, While tears and curses drop, Please send along a booklet on ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... praise, For jollies, or for guff; He gave because this land gave him A chance—which was enough! He hasn't got a dollar; He's just a khakied man, But, somehow, he seems mighty like A true American! His cash and his watch and his auto he gave, And then himself. Was that foolish, ...
— With the Colors - Songs of the American Service • Everard Jack Appleton

... it? Well, let me tell you first off—I'm boss of this here camp!" Moncrossen paused and glared at the younger man. "You get that, do you? Just you remember that what I say goes, an' I don't take no guff offen no man, not even one of the old man's pets—an' that's ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... had a picture of a boy and a girl gazing fondly at each other while skating. Cathy was not old enough to go steady—Jerry had heard his mother say so—and it made Jerry sick that his twin sister liked to read all that guff about having dates with boys and things like that. Now a horse story, or a dog story—they were good reading. So were books about rockets, planets, dinosaurs, Abraham Lincoln, and ever so many other interesting subjects. Cathy liked ...
— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson



Words linked to "Guff" :   bunk, bunkum, hogwash, dogshit, bullshit, rot, drivel, garbage, bull, crap, Irish bull, buncombe, horseshit, shit



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