guff

noun

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2
: verbal abuse
doesn't take any guff

Examples of guff in a Sentence

His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another. His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair. She doesn't take guff from anybody.
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In recent years, Portland has become a byword for fashionable left-wing guff, including the notion that crime and homelessness are little more than voluntary social constructs that are better fought with kind words and substantial welfare spending than with the assiduous enforcement of the law. The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2024 No longer was the genre considered all-singing, all-dancing guff beloved by American philistines, but something of emotional and intellectual merit. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023 And Gerwig and Gosling, who got a lot of guff about his age when he was cast, managed to turn his Ken into the unexpected emotional center of the movie after his character is hilariously wooed by patriarchal tropes. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023 Lolo, who takes no guff, even as a small child, pops him right in the nose. Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for guff 

Word History

Etymology

probably imitative

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of guff was in 1880

Dictionary Entries Near guff

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“Guff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guff. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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