fluff
IPA: fɫˈʌf
noun
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- (Australia, New Zealand, euphemistic) A fart.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
verb
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
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Examples of "fluff" in Sentences
- Another classic recipe that uses fluff is whoopie pies
- I explained that much of what I find either borders on therapy or is what I call "fluff."
- What eliminates what you call fluff in the income statement is taking an adequate reserve against it immediately.
- Offering bon-mots like “She gave up” and “Her eyes say it all,” she is the ultimate in fluff, meaningless commentary.
- Last year's party was very amusing, especially when one guest decided to shout the word "fluff" rather loudly as the girls tucked into their party tea.
- He had worked up his patriotism to a pitch of genuine bravery and daring that I had never seen exhibited, when fliff, fluff, fluff, _fluff_, FLUFF, FLUFF -- a whir,
- Wouldn't care except I have to wade through that garbage day after day and when there's five or six guys doing it at once, the forum becomes so mired in fluff that it's useless.
- Witness Judge Richard Cuesta David Paymer, who has no tolerance for being interrupted and even less for naughty language—those who appear before him must substitute the word "fluff" for profanity.
- I don't see many people running around questioning the worth of novels because some crappy romance or mystery fluff is selling like hotcakes, nor do I see many people who are embarrassed to watch movies because some piece of utter dreck tops the box office.
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