Like the "naff" train I've managed to catch from King's Cross. It's a stopping
train so it will take me an hour to get to Biggleswade instead of 40 minutes.
Oh well, at least there are plenty of emails to check . . .
Chris
On 30 May 2013, at 07:40, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> He's thinking of 'naff'.
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> On 30/05/2013, at 3:41 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Bob. That's rather interesting; I must admit that "chuffed" is not
>> in my daily vocabulary, but I do use it fairly often. I see from an online
>> dictionary that it was allegedly used first in 1957: it's only as old as I
>> am (I was born in 1954) ;-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 29 May 2013, at 16:00, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> PS: From the On Language Department, "chuffed" is one of those words that
>>> means exactly the opposite of what it looks/sounds like. At least to me.
>>> When I first opened your post the initial scan got to chuffed and expected
>>> the rest of the post to be an expression of disappointment. A few words
>>> farther along and I realized my brain had been slapping me around again.
>>
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