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poofy adjective overtly homosexual AUSTRALIA Also variant “poufy”.- The Petty Officer Cook’s complexion was comparatively peaches and cream beside his weatherbeaten compatriots. And it was to this delicate exterior that he owed his dubious nickname. Nothing else. ‘Poofy’ Allen was one man in the steamer who positively encouraged seduction. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 22, 1962
- [T]heir sissy umbrellas and pouffy little hats. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 29, 1964
- I don’t think I’m as poofy as I’m made out to be. — Boy George, Ask, p. 22, 1 May 1982
- [Burt Reynolds] has a sexuality which appeals to men, he’s not poofy. — Sandra Jobson, Blokes, p. 135, 1984
- [A] way of being friendly without acting poofy like a smelly hippy[.] — John King, Human Punk, p. 74, 2000
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