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noun

guff n.

A ludicrously false statment.

Synonyms: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, rot, hogwash, dogshit.

Insolent or disrespectful talk; as, don't give me any of your guff, young lady.

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Etymology of 'Guff'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Guff" Quotes from Famous Books

... some tawdry stuff; Much of Moore I have forgotten; Parts of Tennyson are guff; Bits ...

— Tobogganing On Parnassus • Franklin P. Adams

... and decided that if he wanted to Win them and make everybody believe he was a Nobby and Boss Minister he would have to hand out a little Guff. He fixed it up ...

— Fables in Slang • George Ade

... accordin', as I've advised in tellin' how to hold your district. In two Presidential campaigns, the leaders talked themselves red in the face about silver bein' the best money and gold hem' no good, and they tried to prove it out of books. Do you think the people cared for all that guff? No. They heartily indorsed what Richard Croker said at die Hoffman House one day in 1900. "What's the use of discussin' what's the best kind of money?" said Croker. "I'm in favor of all kinds of money—the more the better." See how a real Tammany ...

— Plunkitt of Tammany Hall • George Washington Plunkitt

Words linked to "Guff" : Irish bull, buncombe, hogwash, garbage, shit, horseshit, bullshit, rot