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💇 To make puffy 🛋️ A low cushion 🚫 An offensive slur
pouf

pouf

9.9
An insulting and very offensive word for a gay man
  • noun
  • /puːf/
  • Slur
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  • He was called a pouf during the argument, which only escalated the tension between them.

Examples

  • Many people find using the term pouf to describe a homosexual man to be deeply offensive.

  • A pouf, as in the gay people, like, funny-bunnies?

    Fat Pizza (2003)

  • I've been told they're poufs.

    Fat Pizza (2003)

  • Derogatory terms like pouf contribute to the discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

Compounds

pouf paste
  • Archaic
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells for fillings

Surface Forms

pouf singular
poufs plural

Etymology

Pouf used as an insulting name for a gay man is offensive; one likely idea is that it comes from the same root as English puff, which meant 'soft' or 'puffy', and so it was used to call someone 'not manly', which is why it is a hurtful slur today.