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Sep 30, 2015

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dint
moil
guff
weft
quaff

“We’re expelling you, Henderson, because of your no-nonsense attitude.”

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guff

PRONUNCIATION:

(guf)

MEANING:

noun:
1. Nonsense.
2. Insolent talk.

ETYMOLOGY:

Perhaps imitative. Earliest documented use: 1825.

USAGE:

“Management literature is full of guff about how entrepreneurs should embrace failure as a ‘learning experience’. But being punched in the face is also a learning experience.”
Entrepreneurs Anonymous; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 20, 2014.

See more usage examples of guff in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote, author (30 Sep 1924-1984)

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