buffty
buffty noun: an old and eccentric academic.
Noun
buffty (plural buffties)
- An old and eccentric academic.
- I suspect there is a hidden strata of young architectural talent which dismisses the RSA as a remote and fusty collection of old buffties.1992, The Architects' Journal - Volume 195, Issues 18-25, page 57
- And I may add old buffties like me who have forgotten some of it and could do with the reminding!2006, The Structural Engineer
- A homosexual.
- You know who I am buffty.1999 April 21, Hail mail, “IMPORTANT!!”, in alt.sports.soccer.celtic (Usenet)
- Are ye calling me a buffty?1999 July 9, [LSoG]Hesitator, “Action Q2”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet)
- Someone or something weak or effeminate.
- And it's not like she's a buffty either. She kicked the shit out of a moggy twice her size last night.2001 May 29, SadKate, “Swifts”, in alt.usenet.legends.duab (Usenet)
Examples of buffty in a sentence
- 'Jolly good, Oxford!' shouts one old buffty.2010, James Livingston, David Livingston, Blood over Water, →ISBN, page 25:
- "He is Awfull, but I like him" in buffty voice2001 February 15, Andy W, “Big numptie”, in uk.sport.football.scottish (Usenet):
Forms of buffty
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Questions about buffty
- What does buffty mean?
- Buffty means an old and eccentric academic.
- How do you use buffty in a sentence?
- 'Jolly good, Oxford!' shouts one old buffty.
- What part of speech is buffty?
- Buffty is a noun.
- What is the plural of buffty?
- The plural of buffty is buffties.
Words near buffty in the dictionary
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