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Dictionary definition of “nuff nuff”

nuff nuff

n. a crazy person, fool, or idiot. Also as adjective. Subjects: , , ,
Citations: 1997 Steve Perkin, Antony Catalano, Melissa Fyfe The Age (Melbourne, Australia) (Mar. 20) “Metropolitan” p. 16: Police speak…Nuff nuff a crazed lunatic. 1998 Melissa Ryan The Age (Melbourne, Australia) (Apr. 30) “Mixing It Up On The Netball Court” p. 18: And the team’s name? “It was a nickname, as in, just a nuff nuff who was hopeless, who can’t throw the ball or catch,” says O’Regan. 1999 Leigh Paatsch Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) (Jan. 21) “As bad as it gets”: That’s an insult to the true fashion-unconscious Aussie dag, who wouldn’t be seen wearing a brown velour tracksuit near these nuff-nuff characters. 1999 Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia) (May 13) “Movie Heaven & Mirth” p. 40: Getting It Wrong: Mr Sandler and his nuff-nuff voice in The Waterboy. 2002 Andrew Daddo Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia) (Dec. 10) “Boys in Bandland”: You’d have to be a complete nuff nuff to put an unopened tin of baked beans in for 10 minutes, wouldn’t you? Everyone knows they’re done in two. 2007 Amber Rais Cyclingnews.com (July 3) “The Amber Rais diary 2007: Le Coupe du Monde a Montreal”: Rachel simplified for us: “If you’re chewing on your handlebars to stay in the break, you’re probably with good breakaway partners who will make the break stick.” Helen clarified: “Yes, and if you’re able to sing while you climb, then you’re riding with a bunch of nuff-nuffs.”

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