Aug 25 2005
‘Fuff’ and ‘Faff’
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (UK) online ‘fuff’ has many meanings. The first is to ‘Puff’. You could plausibly fuff-up a pillow, or fuff into a balloon…
Whereas the OED defines ‘faff’ as
"To fuss, to dither. Often with about"
I might fuff while I’m faffing about….
W inveterate-faffer
‘Fuff’ and ‘Faff’
