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chuffed
adjective- pleased, delighted; flattered; very excited UK, 1957
Originally northern English dialect meaning “proud”, adopted by military, then wider society. The current, more generalised usage was possibly spread by jazz fans. Embellishments include “chuffed to fuck”; “chuffed to arseholes”; “chuffed to buggery”; “chuffed pink”; “chuffed to little mint-balls”; “bo-chuffed”; “chuffed to little naffy breaks”; “chuffed to naffy breaks” and “chuffed to oil-bumps”. Often qualified by intensifiers DEAD, REAL, WELL- Janet Murray says: “I’d be chuffed” (current “Cat” word for flattered). “It’s nice to think someone fancies you.” — Woman’s Own, 1959
- I was really chuffed. — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 158, 1982
- I’m chuffed to see her[.] — Mike Benson, Room full of Angels (Disco Biscuits), p. 27, 1996
- You would be well and truly pretty fucking chuffed, wouldn’t you? — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 52, 2000
- Caleb’s chuffed to fuck it was his men that did it. — Jack Allen, When the Whistle Blows, p. 161, 2000
- And Ian [Dury], he’d be well chuffed. — BP Fallon, Brand New Boots And Panties, 2001
- displeased, disgruntled UK, 1961
Qualifiers and context may be required to distinguish usage from the previous sense as “pleased.” Variants include “dischuffed” and “dead chuffed.”
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