guff

[guhff] /gʌff/
noun, Informal.
1.
empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
2.
insolent talk.
Origin
1815-25; perhaps imitative
Examples from the web for guff
  • All this sycophantic guff reflects widespread ignorance about what the queen has actually done.
  • When it demanded toughness, she adopted a no-guff-taking posture.
British Dictionary definitions for guff

guff

/ɡʌf/
noun
1.
(slang) ridiculous or insolent talk
Word Origin
C19: imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind
Word Origin and History for guff
n.

"empty talk, nonsense," 1888, from earlier sense of "puff of air" (1825), of imitative origin.

Slang definitions & phrases for guff

guff

noun
  1. Nonsense; pretentious talk; bold and deceitful absurdities; bullshit: his ability to listen to all the guff, through all the tedium (1888+)
  2. Complaints, abuse: Don't take any guff from him
verb

To lie; exaggerate; bullshit: Quit your guffing and tell it right

[perhaps fr Scots gaff, ''loud, rude, merry talk''; gaff in the first sense, now obsolete, is found by 1825]