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[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

should be poofed out of existence

This means something very specific in the UK.

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[–] Maestro@fedia.io 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can't just drop that and then not explain....

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[–] NotAViciousCyborg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Poof or puff or puffter are all derogatory terms for a gay man in England.

Soooo bummed to death

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[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

As a noun or adjective it would be a derogatory term for gay men. As a verb most people would recognise it as disappeared in the UK. There plenty of other terms for the verb.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not just to death

Out of existence

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago

ya not a poofta are ya Bruce?

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[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.

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