[HPforGrownups] PoU

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 393


>>naff
>>
>Now, there's been some disagreement about this.  A British source of mine
>told me that naff can mean either really bad *or* really cool, depending on
>the context.  I meant it as cool here.

Naff doesn't mean cool - unless it's some really weird street slang your
source has picked up (like saying 'bad' when you mean 'good').  I don't get
out much, though, so perhaps I missed it. 

There are two meanings in my dictionary:

- unfashionable or socially awkward
- worthless or rubbishy

I would (and do) use it all the time, as a combination of those two
meanings.  For example, I'd say the decor in my parents lounge is 'really
naff'.  

Incidentally, naff is also used to replace the 'f' word [I'm feeling polite
today], as in "naff off!"

Neil
            Flying-Ford-Anglia

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